EFFECTS
This graphic shows the number of fires in each of Galicia's provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra.
Ourense registers tragic numbers.
source: Instituto Galego de Estatística (IGE)
This graphic depicts the burned forest area in each one of the provinces of Galicia in hectares.
That's how much green landscape Galicia is missing.
source: Instituto Galego de Estatística (IGE)
This Galician journalist captured what winter (frequently) causes in forests of ashes: thick, blackish mud takes over and the ground gets dirty. The tweet says: "this is what happens when it rains over a burned down hill. Water drags the ashes and it becomes a stony wasteland. Ecologic horror".
In the left, a video of the forest one day after a wave of fires on October 15th, 2017.
 Abelenda das Penas, Ourense |  Melón, Ourense |  As Neves, Pontevedra |  Aserradero de As Neves, Pontevedra |
|---|---|---|---|
 Melón, Ourense |
Dozens, maybe hundreds of animals die every year during fires. If they make it, they become homeless.
There isn't a counting going on for them, but they were there in the first place.