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Spain Already Totals 15,842 Agricultural Hectares Damaged by Fire, the Second Highest Figure of the Last Decade

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The virulence and extent of the fire wave this summer is also impacting the farms and, at the end of this Monday, the 15,842 hectares of agricultural land affected by fire have already been reached, according to the Spanish Combined Agricultural Insurance System (Agroinsurance). This is the second highest figure of the last decade, only exceeded by what happened last year, when the fire damaged 20,740 hectares giving rise to the payment of 4.79 …

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The fires devour the Spanish countryside. The fire has razed more than 116,500 hectares of cultivation in Spain during the last decade. According to Agroinsurance, the compensation paid by the entity will presumably exceed 22 million euros in this period. The current year has already recorded almost 16,000 hectares of sinister agriculture, the second most drastic figure of the last ten years. The provinces of Seville, Huesca, Córdoba and Lleida …

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The virulence and extent of the fire wave this summer is also impacting the farms and, at the end of this Monday, the 15,842 hectares of agricultural land affected by fire have already been reached, according to the Spanish Combined Agricultural Insurance System (Agroinsurance). This is the second highest figure of the last decade, only exceeded by what happened last year, when the fire damaged 20,740 hectares giving rise to the payment of 4.79 …

·Madrid, Spain
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In addition to the agricultural area declared to have suffered loss in 2026, 116,500 hectares of agricultural land burned in the last decade have been exceeded.

Agroinsurance has received fire claim declarations corresponding to 15,842 hectares, mainly agricultural, insured in 2026, a provisional figure that is expected to continue to grow after [...]

·Madrid, Spain
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From last January until 17 August, the declarations of fire on farms in the primary sector received by Agroseguro stand at 15,842 hectares, mainly agricultural. This area is already the second highest of the last ten years -only exceeded by 2025- and confirms the incidence of the fires on agricultural productions during the last two campaigns, according to the agency. Agroseguro has pointed out that the compensations can exceed two million euros…

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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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