Summary
The fire has burned more than 12,000 hectares, which is a very large area.
Space satellites from a European program watch the fire and give updates.
Key Points
3 points1
Water‑dropping planes are deployed to control the blaze.
2
More than 12,000 hectares of forest and farmland have been affected.
3
The Copernicus satellite system provides monitoring data.
New Words to Learn
5 wordswildfires
big fires that happen in forests or grasslands
hectares
a way to measure land, about the size of a big sports field
agricultural
related to farms and growing food
Copernicus Earth observation programme
a group of satellites that take pictures of Earth to help scientists
European Union
a group of many countries in Europe that work together
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