{
  "id": 8969117,
  "title": "Colombia declares public calamity as wildfire threatens popular tourist area",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/colombia-declares-public-calamity-as-wildfire-threatens-popular",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T17:13:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/21/colombia-wildfire-villa-de-leyva"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Wildfire forces evacuations and burns through mountains surrounding Villa de Leyva in the north-east Colombian authorities declared a public calamity as a wildfire burned through mountains surrounding one of the country’s best-known colonial towns in the north-east, scorching large swaths of vegetation and forcing evacuations. Nearly 20 active fires are burning across the South American country.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}