Wildfires: Situation with fires in North Rhine-Westphalia eases – Hürtgenwald under control
Two large forest fires in North Rhine-Westphalia have been causing exhausting operations for the fire brigade. Now the situation is easing in Monschau on the Belgian border and in the not far distant Hürtgenwald.
Authorities have ordered an evacuation in parts of Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, due to a large forest fire in the High Venn. Residents of Ruitzhof and Geisberg in Kalterherberg were told to immediately leave their homes, with a temporary shelter set up at a secondary school in Simmerath. The evacuation affects 17 houses and up to 30 people.
In eastern Belgium, emergency services are battling the blaze in the Hohes Venn nature reserve, where conditions are made difficult by strong and changeable winds. Around 30 square kilometers of land have been destroyed since the fire broke out on Friday.
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