“Blitz Fires”: What is behind the disturbing Alpine phenomenon from the summer of 2026?
Home World Stand: 05.09.2026, 20:28 Comments We follow on Google Increasingly longer heat waves in summer cause droughts and forest fires in Europe.
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According to Ascoli, data since the 1960s already showed that lightning fires occurred in the Alps almost every year – with one to 15 percent of all fire events. This summer alone, 18 lightning fires were registered there – in the entire summer of 2025 there were only two.
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According to Ascoli, data since the 1960s already showed that lightning fires occurred in the Alps almost every year – with one to 15 percent of all fire events.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1This summer alone, 18 lightning fires were registered there – in the entire summer of 2025 there were only two.
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