At least 1,650 hectares have gone up in smoke due to a fire in a natural park in eastern Belgium. This was stated to AFP by a spokesperson for the Walloon authorities. The fire broke out around noon yesterday in the High Fens, a vast forested area popular with hikers and close to the German border, then spread rapidly during the night.
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Flames also in France
France is still struggling with fires in a 2026 that is already a record year in the last 20 years for burned area. The fire that broke out Thursday in southwestern France, in the Landes pine forest dried out by the heatwave, has already burned 1,580 hectares, according to official sources on Saturday. Footage of some hotspots caused “an increase in burned areas: we are now at almost 1,600 hectares, 1,580. It was necessary to proceed with new evacuations, about a hundred people, bringing the total to 650,” explained to the press the prefect of the Landes department, Gilles Clavreul.
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Emergency in Spain
The fight against the devastating forest fire affecting the Huesca region in northeastern Spain continued overnight between Friday and Saturday. Firefighters and units of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) worked tirelessly to contain the flames of the Peñas de Riglos fire, which has already destroyed thousands of hectares and forced hundreds of people to leave their homes.
Von der Leyen: “Europe remains on highest alert”
In short, not just Italy. “Europe remains on highest fire alert. The pressure is increasing.” This was written on X by the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, explaining that “our Copernicus satellite system is already supporting mapping operations.” Von der Leyen added that “with its Emergency Center, Europe keeps a close watch on fires across the continent. And the Civil Protection Mechanism is present when a country requests Europe’s solidarity.”
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