Wildfires: Fire in the High Venn - Evacuation ordered near Monschau
Due to the forest fire in the Belgian High Fens, parts of the local residents in Germany have to leave their homes. An emergency shelter has been set up near Monschau.
A massive forest fire in the Hohes Venn nature reserve in eastern Belgium has prompted evacuations in the German town of Monschau. 17 houses and up to 30 people are affected, with a temporary shelter set up at a secondary school in Simmerath. The fire, which started on Friday, has destroyed around 30 square kilometers of land and is being fought by around 500 emergency responders with assistance from several European countries. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the prosecutor's office in the Liège region.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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