Sweden’s wildfire season later than usual

Firefighters use helicopters to fight wildfires outside Hammarstrand in central Sweden, on July 16, 2018. (Mats Andersson/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Sweden’s wildfire season has started later than usual this year than in the past
  • Since the major wildfires of 2014 and 2018, the agency has strengthened their firefighting support with water bombing helicopters and aircrafts
  • Due to an increase of wildfires in the past five years, the Swedish civil contingencies agency encourage people to be extra cautious
Radio Sweden

For more on this year’s fire season, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report 

Related stories from around the North: 

Canada: Glacier mass decreasing across Arctic but at different rates, says study, Eye on the Arctic

Greenland: Greenland ice cores reveal historic climate clues, says study, Eye on the Arctic

Norway: Climate change hits back at Svalbard, coal mine flooded by melting glacier in Norway, The Independent Barents Observer

Russia: Record breaking temperatures recorded in Arctic Russia, Eye on the Arctic

Sweden: Glacier in central Sweden “collapsing” as climate warms, Radio Sweden

United States: Climate change a threat to bases across the U.S., Defense Dept. says, Alaska Public Media

Radio Sweden

For more news from Sweden visit Radio Sweden.

Do you want to report an error or a typo? Click here!

Leave a Reply

Note: By submitting your comments, you acknowledge that Radio Canada International has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever. Radio Canada International does not endorse any of the views posted. Your comments will be pre-moderated and published if they meet netiquette guidelines.
Netiquette »

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *