Climate change has stacked the deck in favor of bigger and more intense forest fires over the past few decades. Increasing heat, changing rain, and snow patterns, shifts in plant communities, and other climate-related changes are the reasons behind such intense forest fires. Wildfires require the right climatic conditions, burnable fuel, and a spark. Europe has been unusually dry, and hot spring has left the forest soil parched. This is why the region has been hit by an early wave of forest fires.