# Europe’s wildfires leave $3.5bn restoration bill

https://mins.news/en/video/15045

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-06 10:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZPoCD9RgA

> France has seen 116,000 hectares consumed by wildfires this year, the largest area recorded since 1949. Heatwaves are helping drive fires across Europe. Around 2,000 hectares of the UNESCO-listed Fontainebleau forest have been burned. Insurers are warning that claims could reach unprecedented levels, while authorities say roughly 70 percent of the fires were deliberately started. The report comes from Fontainebleau, France.

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