Experts have sounded the alarm that climate change is to blame for this year’s more aggressive wildfire season.

Alexander Held, a fire management specialist at the European Forest Institute, explained that a combination of different factors are needed to spark a fire, including weather conditions, topography, vegetation, biomass and fuel.

“Climate change scenarios provide the perfect envelope for all the other factors to work together to produce a perfect fire day or a perfect firestorm,” Held told Euronews.

Such conditions are only set to become more common in the future, Held warned, putting strain on firefighting resources.

“Our fire-fighting system is reaching its limits, and the only thing we can do is prepare the landscape, making it more resilient and better prepared. That way, firefighters will have a chance to work safely and efficiently,” Held said.