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  "id": 1214236,
  "title": "EU sends aircraft and villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/eu-sends-aircraft-and-villagers-evacuate-as-belgium-battles-record",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T06:03:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-eu-sends-aircraft-and-villagers-evacuate-as-belgium-battles-record-wildfire"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Firefighters in Belgium battled one of the country's worst-ever wildfires late on Saturday as a rapidly growing blaze scorched more than 2,700 hectares of land. The EU scrambled helicopters and water bombers as hundreds of villagers were under evacuation orders.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/villagers-evacuate-as-belgium-battles-record-wildfire",
        "published": "2026-08-16T00:59:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Belgium: Hundreds evacuated as firefighters battle largest wildfire on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/belgium-hundreds-evacuated-as-firefighters-battle-largest-wildfire-on",
        "published": "2026-08-16T02:49:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : Belgium Battles Record Wildfire As Villages Evacuated",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/world-belgium-battles-record-wildfire-as-villages-evacuated",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:46:22.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}