AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Belgium's worst wildfire on record forces hundreds to flee as blaze scorches High Fens nature reserve
A wildfire burning roughly 30 square kilometers in eastern Belgium has become the country's largest on record, forcing some 600 residents from their homes and drawing emergency crews from across Europe. The fire tore through the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, near the German border, burning more than twice the area of a […] The post Belgium's worst wildfire on record forces hundreds to flee as blaze scorches High Fens nature reserve appeared first on American Almanac .
A wildfire burning roughly 30 square kilometers in eastern Belgium has become the country's largest on record, forcing some 600 residents from their homes and drawing emergency crews from across Europe. The fire tore through the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, near the German border, burning more than twice the area of a 2011 blaze that had held Belgium's previous record. By Sunday morning, more than 250 emergency personnel, including over 100 Belgian and German firefighters, police, military officers, and civil protection staff, were on the ground trying to hold the line against a fire that officials said was still spreading through terrain almost impossible to reach. Liège provincial governor Hervé Jamar confirmed the…Open
AI:Belgium is currently battling its largest wildfire on record as a massive blaze scorches the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, consuming approximately 30 square kilometers of land. The fire has forced roughly 600 residents and tourists to evacuate from municipalities like Waimes and Bütgenbach due to heavy smoke and shifting winds. Because the fire is burning through dry peat bogs and heathland, it is resisting standard containment tactics and threatening residential zones near the German border. The disaster has triggered an international emergency response under the EU's civil protection mechanism, with water-bombing aircraft and crews arriving from Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Germany to support Belgian…Open