Europe on Fire Europe is confronting one of the most severe wildfire crises in its modern history. France and Spain are battling fast‑moving infernos that have already forced over 260,000 people to flee, destroyed more than 230,000 hectares of land, disrupted transportation networks, and threatened strategic infrastructure — including a NASA Deep Space Network facility. This is no longer a seasonal anomaly. It is a continental climate emergency reshaping Europe’s security, ec