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Hundreds flee as Belgium's largest wildfire reaches German border
An unprecedented wildfire in Belgium's High Fens nature reserve has forced hundreds of people to flee near the German border as cross-border emergency services battle the expanding blaze.
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New evidence added: Deutsche Welle — Hundreds of people have fled their homes near the German border due to the Belgium wildfire.
- just nowHundreds of residents flee as the wildfire reaches the German border.
- just nowBBC World reports the Belgian wildfire has doubled in size on its third day.
- just nowThe wildfire doubled in size on its third day of burning through the nature reserve.
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- · Hundreds of people have fled their homes near the German border due to the Belgium wildfire.
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- · The wildfire doubled in size on its third day.
- · The wildfire has been burning for three days.
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- · The wildfire is the largest in Belgium's history.
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- · German firefighters are helping contain the fire near Monschau.
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- 8:41 AM
New evidence added: Deutsche Welle — Hundreds of people have fled their homes near the German border due to the Belgium wildfire.
- 8:41 AM
Hundreds of residents flee as the wildfire reaches the German border.
- Aug 16 · 10:50 PM
BBC World reports the Belgian wildfire has doubled in size on its third day.
- Aug 16 · 8:21 PM
The wildfire doubled in size on its third day of burning through the nature reserve.
- Aug 16 · 8:01 PM
Reuters confirms the wildfire is the largest on record in Belgium's history as it moves toward the German border.
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- The exact cause of the ignition.
- The total acreage of ecologically sensitive peatland destroyed.
- The fire's current measured size and the basis for calling it Belgium's largest wildfire.
- The fire's precise location and distance from the German border or Monschau.
Update & correction history
- 8:41 AM
New evidence added: Deutsche Welle — Hundreds of people have fled their homes near the German border due to the Belgium wildfire.
- 8:41 AM
Hundreds of residents flee as the wildfire reaches the German border.
- Aug 16 · 10:50 PM
BBC World reports the Belgian wildfire has doubled in size on its third day.
- Aug 16 · 8:21 PM
The wildfire doubled in size on its third day of burning through the nature reserve.
- Aug 16 · 8:01 PM
Reuters confirms the wildfire is the largest on record in Belgium's history as it moves toward the German border.
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