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Belgium’s High Fens nature reserve is facing the country’s largest wildfire on record, with over 250 firefighters on the scene and European air support arriving after two villages were evacuated; the blaze has scorched about 3,000 hectares and remains out of control.
Firefighters are battling a major wildfire tearing through Belgium's High Fens nature reserve, evacuating two nearby villages as the blaze—described as the country's worst in recent history—threatens homes; water-bombing aircraft and EU civil protection reinforcements are assisting, but difficult boggy terrain and shifting winds are hampering efforts amid a wider European wildfire wave.