Firefighters are battling a large wildfire in eastern Belgium that has burned more than 27 square kilometers, with hundreds of people forced to evacuate, according to multiple reports.
Local authorities respond with firefighting units working to contain the flames and protect nearby communities. The evacuations affect residents in areas threatened by the fire’s spread. While all outlets describe the blaze’s size and the evacuation orders, they provide limited additional detail beyond the scope of the damage and the scale of the response, including no specific cause of the fire in the shared accounts.