The 1990 Forest Fire Season in Spain
(IFFN No. 4 - December 1990, p. 10)
In an advance information of the National Institute for Nature Conservation (ICONA, Ministry of Agriculture) of October 1990 the forest fire season between 1 January and 15 October 1990 is analyzed. The following table gives the most important statistical data in comparison with previous years:
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
|
| Number of fires | 9,262 |
19,405 |
14,984 |
| Area burned (wooded land, ha) | 40,484 |
152,162 |
66,517 |
| Area burned (non-wooded land, ha) | 83,484 |
228,999 |
132,275 |
| Total area burned (ha) | 126,968 |
381,161 |
198,792 |
| Product losses (millions of pesetas) | 5,400 |
16,000 |
8,000 |
From: Ricardo Velez
Area de Defensa contra
Incendios Forestales
Address:
ICONA-Subdireccion General
de Proteccion de la Naturaleza
Gran Via de San Francisco, 35
E-28005 Madrid