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1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC
EUMETSAT Science Blog
Smoke from widespread wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia in May and June 2019.
15 July 2019 14:50 UTC and 12 August 14:50 UTC
Wildfires in Greenland were observed by Sentinel-3 on 15 July 2019.
17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC
In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires.
10 August 2019 06:00–20:45 UTC and 11 August 06:00–13:00 UTC
The Greek island of Elafonisos in the Pelaponessus region suffered from major wildfires in August 2019.
15 April 2019 16:00–23:15 UTC
Heat signatures from the fire that destroyed part of the historic Parisian cathedral Notre-Dame in April 2019 could be seen on satellite imagery.
June and July 2019
Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves.