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and human suffering.", "A wildfire is defined as any uncontrolled and non-prescribed combustion or burning of plants in a natural setting such as a forest, grassland, brush land or tundra, which consumes natural fuels and spreads based on environmental conditions (e.g., wind, or topography). 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Maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), part of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium.", "attribution": "EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026)", "urlMain": "https://emdat.be/", "dateAccessed": "2026-04-30", "datePublished": "2026-04-28", "license": {"url": "https://doc.emdat.be/docs/legal/terms-of-use/", "name": "UCLouvain 2026"}}]}