Wildfire in Belgium Hautes Fagnes

Burns nearly 850 hectares as provincial emergency plan remains active and German crews arrive to assist local firefighters

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Deploys army Panther vehicles to the Hautes Fagnes wildfire site to bolster firefighting efforts as the provincial emergency plan continues.

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Ravaged 850 hectares of land in the Hautes Fagnes region as the wildfire continues to spread, prompting the deployment of army Panther vehicles to assist.

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Activated the EU civil protection mechanism to bolster firefighting efforts as the peat fire continues to burn in the Hautes Fagnes region.

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Burned 1,600 hectares of land in the Hautes Fagnes region as the peat fire continues to spread, prompting EU assistance to bolster firefighting efforts.

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Destroys over 1,600 hectares as Belgium requests EU emergency reinforcements, deploying helicopters and water bombers to the eastern nature reserve

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Burns over 1,600 hectares as EU aircraft and army units join local firefighters to contain three active fronts

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Threatens the hamlet of Sourbrodt as officials prepare for evacuations, with the blaze now classified as the worst in Belgian history.

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Evacuate the hamlet of Sourbrodt as the wildfire, now the worst in Belgian history, shifts unpredictably and threatens local residents.

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Burned 1,650 hectares as the historic wildfire spreads, forcing the evacuation of over 600 residents across multiple villages in the High Fens region.

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Surpasses all previous records as the High Fens wildfire is now officially classified as the largest natural fire in Belgian history, with 600 residents evacuated.

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Consumes over 1,800 hectares of land as the High Fens wildfire continues to spread, marking a significant escalation in the scale of the historic disaster.

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Evacuates 600 residents from Sourbrodt and Bütgenbach as the historic wildfire expands to 2,000 hectares, with German authorities also preparing for potential evacuations.

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Firefighters battle ongoing blaze in Belgium as smoke and odor reach Cologne and western Germany

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Exceeds historical records as the largest wildfire in Belgium since 1911, continuing to impact air quality across the border in Germany.

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