{
  "id": 1459711,
  "title": "Rainfall aids fight against Belgium's biggest wildfire, as blazes rip through Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/rainfall-aids-fight-against-belgiums-biggest-wildfire-as-blazes-rip-1459711",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:12:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/08/1513125/rainfall-aids-fight-against-belgiums-biggest-wildfire-blazes-rip"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "HIGH FENS NATIONAL PARK: Rain over eastern Belgium on Monday morning aided firefighters battling to contain the country’s biggest wildfire on record, which had threatened to reach the German border.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping toward Germany",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/belgium-races-to-tame-huge-wildfire-creeping-toward-germany",
        "published": "2026-08-16T19:20:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping toward Germany",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/belgium-races-to-tame-huge-wildfire-creeping-toward-germany",
        "published": "2026-08-17T03:36:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Rainfall aids fight against Belgium's biggest wildfire, as blazes rip through Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/rainfall-aids-fight-against-belgiums-biggest-wildfire-as-blazes-rip",
        "published": "2026-08-17T09:11:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}