Fires affect over 400,000 ha every year in the EU , with 85% of the area located in SEU , where 'fire weather' conditions  are most pronounced . Fire hazard conditions, including heatwaves , increased throughout Europe from 1980 to 2019 , with substantive increases in SEU and WCE  . Extreme wildfires have been observed in recent years, including 2017 in Portugal, 2018 in Sweden  and 2021 in south-eastern Europe. In SEU, WCE and NEU human activities have caused more than 90-95% of the fires, while natural ignition accounts for a substantial portion of burned areas in EEU .
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