Belgium wildfire: Rains help High Fens containment efforts
Firefighters continue to battle one of the worst wildfires in Belgian history near the German border. Rains and cooler temperatures are helping them bring it to heel after it ravaged an area half the size of Manhattan.
Belgian firefighters are working to contain the country's largest wildfire in a century, which has spread to around 3,000 hectares near the High Fens nature reserve. Rain and cooler temperatures provided some relief on Tuesday, but winds hampered air support and waterbombing operations. The fire remains out of control in areas difficult to reach with large machinery.
Residents of Monschau have been evacuated due to smoke, and strong winds are blowing towards the east and German frontier. Authorities are on standby for several more days as the operation continues.
Written by urgent.news from DW News's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
