Fire — latest ecology news
![Due to dry weather, floodplains on the left bank of the Kherson region burned](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/shutterstock_2039122757-500x334.jpg)
As a result of the fire, rare species of plants and animals die, and combustion products pollute the atmosphere
![In 2023, more than half a million hectares of forest were destroyed by fires in the EU](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_2324038585-500x332.jpg)
The area of burned areas is twice the area of Luxembourg
![In Transcarpathia, rescuers eliminated a large-scale forest fire for 6 hours](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/434729887_812782987542603_898764228124264478_n-500x375.jpg)
125 people and 17 pieces of equipment were involved
![Number of fires in Poltava region increased by 75% in 2024](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_428499538-500x334.jpg)
Rescuers recall the algorithm of actions in case of forest, steppe, and peat fires
![Arsonists destroyed 67 hectares of ecosystems in one weekend in Kyiv region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3B7BBBF4-C1F6-481D-AF31-5B05211318A0-500x313.jpeg)
Rescuers extinguished the largest fire for about 8 hours
![Fire in Kyiv's Osokorky Ecopark destroys 7% of the floodplain](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/00B15D57-0F50-4211-B7A5-D0C402FDD542-500x313.jpeg)
The area of burnt vegetation in four centers of the fire reached 10.4 hectares
![Ecopark Osokorky caught fire in Kyiv. Photos and videos from the place](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EA402E30-C923-4A9A-B347-5FF82D1F1B3A-500x313.jpeg)
Eco-activists suspect that the fire was caused by arson to expand the development
![Air quality has deteriorated sharply in Kyiv](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/108238-1_large-500x281.jpg)
The worst CAQI air quality index of 83 was recorded in Sviatoshyn district
![Season of burning dead wood has begun in Lviv region: 10 fires extinguished per day](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/709FBC20-B1B4-463B-907E-1B433338797F-500x313.jpeg)
Fines for dry arson reach 21,420 hryvnias
![Russian shelling alone caused tens of millions of hryvnias in damage in Kherson](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/C8D87C9D-8BAF-4912-A55C-A8168FCAFD20-500x313.jpeg)
The shelling caused a fire on an area of more than 2,000 m2
![Climate disasters killed 12,000 people in 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/243F8EA8-8A13-4617-A20D-F7585C5704DA-500x313.jpeg)
278% more people died from forest fires than in 2022, and 340% more from storms
![Due to Russian aggression, 150 million tons of greenhouse gases entered the atmosphere](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/6296427E-FE9A-44DE-AE1E-66A5F02BBFC1-500x313.jpeg)
During the first year of the war, the number of fires increased 36 times