The first in 2018, with almost 20,000 hectares razed and in 2020, the year of the pandemic, with approximately 33,000 ha burned, according to official data from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Democratic Challenge (MITECO)

Fires have burned 42,314 ha so far this year, a figure much lower than in 2023, when 78,852 ha burned, and which represents 46.5% less than the average of the last ten years, when an average of 79,077 hectares burned.

The worst data was recorded in 2022, when up to 248,793 ha had burned.

By area, MITECO has detailed that 32.92% of the fires occurred in the northwest of the country; 29.63%, around the Mediterranean; 36.74% in the inland communities; and 0.72% in the Canary Islands. In addition, the agency has indicated that 27.57% of the affected wooded area has been recorded in the northwest of the country; 8.94% in the Mediterranean; and 63.49% in the inland communities.

On the other hand, Ecological Transition has specified that 38.38% of the affected forest area has been located in the northwest of Spain; 17.58% around the Mediterranean; and 43.98% in the inland communities. Regarding the type of fire, the report reflects that 3,335 of the fires have been incipient, that is, they have affected less than one hectare.

Of the remaining 1,407 fires, 16 are considered large fires, since the affected area exceeds 500 hectares. This number is in line with the average of the last decade. Finally, to date, almost half of the burned vegetation area corresponds to scrubland and open woodland, of which 24,170 ha have been burned. Of the wooded area, 9,533 ha have been burned and the least affected vegetation is pasture and meadows, of which the remaining 7,297 ha have been burned.