A forest fire broke out in Spain. What caused the fire?

Recently, affected by high temperature weather, tarragona, Toledo and Avila in central and northern Spain were affected by mountain fires. According to the statistics of the Spanish fire department, as of June 30th, the forest area burned by mountain fires has exceeded 1 1,000 hectares.

Recently, extreme high temperatures have occurred continuously in the European continent, and the temperatures in Spain, Germany, France, Poland and other places have all exceeded the highest summer temperatures on record. Affected by this, a serious fire broke out in Catalonia, Spain. Although hundreds of firefighters struggled to put out the fire, the fire was still out of control. Officials initially analyzed that the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion of compost caused by high temperature weather, and predicted that the current fire would eventually expand to 20,000 hectares. Experts say that the occurrence of extreme weather is a natural phenomenon and cannot be simply attributed to climate warming, but climate change does make extreme weather more frequent.

Tarragona, Catalonia Autonomous Region in northeastern Spain, is the province most affected by this mountain fire, with about 6,000 hectares of forest burned. So far, the fire has been burning for four days, more than 350 firefighters and helicopters have been put into battle, and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has also sent aircraft to reinforce it.

When asked about the cause of the fire, officials said that the cause of the fire is likely to be? Manure spontaneously burns because the weather is too hot, resulting in a large number? Improper management? Our excrement burns at high temperature, producing sparks and spreading into a fire. In this regard, the National Park Service also said that when combustible substances (such as piles of hay, compost or feces) are heated to a temperature sufficient to cause combustion, spontaneous combustion will occur.

According to CNN, this week, not only Spain was swept by the heat wave, but the temperature in all parts of Europe reached the highest level in history, and it is expected to continue to climb. On the 27th, the French National Weather Service issued a notice to four cities in the south of the country? Red? Alarm, this is the first time that France has used this level of alarm for high temperature.