High Fens Wildfire Forces Hundreds to Evacuate
brusselsmorning.com
High Fens wildfire burns 3,000 hectares in Belgium, forcing hundreds to evacuate as European crews battle flames near Germany.

High Fens, Belgium, 16 August (Brussles Morning Newspaper) Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes as a Belgium wildfire sweeps across the High Fens, burning around 3,000 hectares of the protected landscape and stretching emergency services close to the German border.

This is huge compared to what little nature we have in Belgium… Appears to be the largest wildfire ever recorded here.

    • joostjakob@lemmy.worldOP
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      13 days ago

      In the EU, there’s been a shift to centre-right in the latest elections, and there are “more immediate concerns” now (after covid, the new excuse became defense and keeping our industrial sector alive). So progress has slowed down a lot here too. Here in Belgium, utter silence so far - both on the fires and the heat deads.