{
  "id": 867258,
  "title": "North Rhine-Westphalia: Forest fire on the Belgian border: 1,800 people have to leave their homes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/nordrhein-westfalen-waldbrand-an-belgischer-grenze-1-800-menschen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T11:16:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/video/panorama/nordrhein-westfalen-waldbrand-an-belgischer-grenze-1800-menschen-muessen-haeuser-verlassen/100247334.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Due to a forest fire on Friday near Hürtgenwald, authorities have called on people to seek safety at a designated assembly point. 300 emergency responders are battling the fire, which has spread to around 300 hectares of forest.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Hitzewelle: Waldbrand in NRW-Ortsteil – 1.800 Menschen wurden evakuiert",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/hitzewelle-waldbrand-in-nrw-ortsteil-1-800-menschen-wurden-evakuiert",
        "published": "2026-08-14T04:52:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}