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wednesday 18 december 2024
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This summer 736 hectares have been burned in Navarre and firefighters have participated in the extinction of 501 fires
- This summer, compared to data from the last 5 years, is the second in number of interventions. In 2016, 580 fires were extinguished in Navarre, in 2017 439, in 2018 357 and in 2019 461.
2020an Baztanen izandako sute bat (argazkia: Erran.eus).
This year, however, 736 hectares have been burned across the country, 55% more than last year, of which 464 have been mountain fires and the rest have been agricultural fires.
As for the extinction teams, the Navarra Fire Brigade made a total of 501 interventions this summer, 7% more than in the same period last year.
June was a cold and wet month, in which the extinction teams performed 57 outputs, which is lower than that given in this period of time. In the remaining months of the campaign, rainfall increased by 170 in July, 134 in August and 140 in September.
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