{
  "id": 5591282,
  "title": "Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares during summer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/record-european-fires-burn-over-500-000-hectares-during-summer",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:41:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-european-hectares-summer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares (1.3 million acres) of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to official data—an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}