{
  "id": 2513187,
  "title": "European wildfires reveal hidden danger: Buried bombs, mines from world wars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/european-wildfires-reveal-hidden-danger-buried-bombs-mines-from-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T06:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260822/european-wildfires-reveal-hidden-danger-buried-bombs-mines-from-world-wars"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The wildfires currently ravaging Europe have unearthed a hidden danger beneath the scorched landscape: unexploded bombs and mines from World War I and II. These rusty weapons have already caused explosions in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, with a bomb-disposal team having to be deployed in the Netherlands to assess a forest threatened by flames near a site of intense fighting during the war. The increasing frequency and intensity of these fires, fueled by climate change, have shown that Europe's \"climatic luck\" is running out, as steady temperatures and predictable rainfall once kept most buried weapons dormant. Sarah Njeri, a peace and conflict scholar, noted that climate change is now unburying and reactivating these munitions, which can ignite during fires or burn away the vegetation that conceals them. This wildfire season has been exacerbated by heavy rains in January, adding to the urgency of addressing this hidden threat.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "European wildfires reveal a hidden danger: buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/european-wildfires-reveal-a-hidden-danger-buried-bombs-and-mines-from",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:11:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "European wildfires reveal a hidden danger: buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/european-wildfires-reveal-a-hidden-danger-buried-bombs-and-mines-from-2518846",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "European wildfires reveal hidden danger: Buried bombs, mines from world wars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/european-wildfires-reveal-hidden-danger-buried-bombs-mines-from-world-2518385",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:52:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}