Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-4713-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-4713-2025
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28 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2025

Assessing human-caused wildfire ignition likelihood across Europe

Pere Joan Gelabert, Adrián Jiménez-Ruano, Clara Ochoa, Fermín Alcasena, Johan Sjöström, Christopher Marrs, Luís Mário Ribeiro, Palaiologos Palaiologou, Carmen Bentué Martínez, Emilio Chuvieco, Cristina Vega-García, and Marcos Rodrigues

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Wildfires threaten ecosystems and communities across Europe. Our study developed models to predict where and why these ignitions occur in different European environments. We found that weather anomalies and human factors, like proximity to urban areas and roads, are key drivers. Using Machine Learning our models achieved strong predictive accuracy. These insights help design better wildfire prevention strategies, ensuring safer landscapes and communities as fire risks grow with climate change.
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