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Last 20 yrs #Portugal had the highest burnt area of EU. 2017 record a massive 540 thousand ha. That was the last yr I worked as firefighter on my home region Basto. I have seen much misinformation on fires in #Turkey that I wanted to share some comments (thread) #Turkeyisburning 
European Fire Database (EFFIS) shows 95 thousand ha already burned in 2021 #Turkey. The annual average 2008-2020 was 13 thousand. It usually takes an atypical year (worst heatwave of the decade) to reveal lack of preparation for wildfires (prevention, resources, planning etc...)
June 2017 was that year for Portugal. In Pedrógão Grande, a small municipality in central Portugal, 64 people died. That year wildfires death toll was 120, the highest ever.
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