'We see a longer fire season nearly everywhere': Why are Europe's wildfires getting more extreme?
Stefan Doerr, the director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, speaks to FRANCE 24 about some of the reasons why fire seasons across the world seem to be getting more and more severe.
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