Data shows more than 1m hectares torched so far this year, with records also broken for CO2 and other air pollutantsEurope live – latest updatesWildfires ravaging the EU have torched more than 1m hectares this year, marking 2025 as the worst year on record, a full month before the fire season ends.Deadly infernos that have emptied out villages and forced farmers to become firefighters have engulfed four times as much land this year as the average for the same period over the past two decades, according to official data that was updated on Friday and may be revised further. Continue reading…