Twice as many forest fires in 2018 as last year – State Forests

State forests authority Lasy Państwe told PAP that the number of fires in forests is already twice as high as last year. In 2017, nearly 3,600 fires were reported, while in H1 2018 alone, there were almost 6,000. As many as 37 percent of the fires are caused by people, mainly by cigarette buds, matches, barbecues and bonfires. The areas where the risk of fires has been classified as moderate include: Lubuskie, Opolskie, parts of Wielkopolskie, Lower Silesia and Świętokrzyskie voivodships.