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Wildfires in Europe are becoming more frequent and more intense. How can we be better prepared to tackle them?

This documentary meets experts from across Europe who are bringing innovative approaches to firefighting.

In August 2025, devastating wildfires reduced the entire northern part of the Greek island of Chios to ashes.

A megafire in northern Greece made headlines around the world in 2023. Has the increasing severity of wildfires changed how we view firefighters?

More than 80% of wildfires in Sicily are started deliberately. Why?

Climate change, drought and forest fires are putting pressure on Europe’s national parks.

NASA images reveal that Africa is a global wildfire hotspot.

For a long time, people lived very closely with fire. But the relationship has now changed in our modern age, with fire seen as a destroyer.

Home of the tech revolution and highly fertile farmland, the Golden State has a lot of advantages but is also vulnerable.

As wildfires in California become more widespread and fierce every year, the state fire department is adapting its strategy: deliberately setting fire to sections of bush as they fight fire with fire.

In August 2019 the Siberian forests were ablaze. Record high temperatures, low rainfall and windy conditions led to enormous wildfires across the sparsely region choking towns and destroying livelihoods. Other areas have been hit by severe floods.

Camp Fire has been the most destructive wildfire in Californian history: 18,000 buildings destroyed, 62,000 hectares scorched and a death toll of 85.