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Eight million hectares of land is destroyed by forest fires in Canada

Video. Forest fires are growing in number and intensity around the world

Updated: 07/07/2023 - 6:00 GMT+2

Intense forest fires are growing in numbers and size around the world in a growing problem being blamed partly on the abandonment of traditional farmland

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