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  "id": 1688288,
  "title": "Belgian firefighters push to 'encircle' fire in nature reserve",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/belgian-firefighters-push-to-encircle-fire-in-nature-reserve",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:08:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/08/18/belgian-firefighters-push-to-encircle-fire-in-nature-reserve_6756622_114.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hundreds of firefighters, backed by water-bombing aircraft from several countries, have been deployed to try to contain and douse a historic forest fire that struck the High Fens nature reserve, located near the German border.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Firefighters push to 'encircle' Belgian wildfire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/firefighters-push-to-encircle-belgian-wildfire",
        "published": "2026-08-18T09:27:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Winds hampering efforts to extinguish Belgian wildfire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/winds-hampering-efforts-to-extinguish-belgian-wildfire",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:33:35.000Z"
      }
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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."
}