EU warns of dangerous wildfires spreading across Europe

The EU warns that wildfire danger is "very extreme" across Europe. On 16 August 2026, two people died in fires on Greece's Salamis island. A day earlier, a fire at a Croatian resort killed one and injured 40. Belgium's High Fens, a wetland area that last burned like this in 1911, saw its biggest modern fire, bringing in Swedish planes and Dutch helicopters.