Winds hampering efforts to extinguish Belgian wildfire
Firefighters have launched a potentially decisive push to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
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Firefighters have launched a potentially decisive push to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
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Winds hampering efforts to extinguish Belgian wildfire
Firefighters have launched a potentially decisive push to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
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