# The new JRC Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, shows that in 2024 Ukraine had the worst fire season ever recorded in the European Union Forest Fires Information System. Nearly one-million hectares burnt in Ukraine. The report says the spatial distribution of the fires matches the line of the war front between Ukraine and Russia. Meanwhile, 2024 was the worst year for forest fires in Portugal since 2017, with 147-thousand hectares of land affected.
Ukraine hit by record-breaking wildfires in 2024