Belgian firefighters mount decisive push to encircle century's largest wildfire

No direct casualties reported, but the wildfire threatens the High Fens nature reserve ecosystem and surrounding communities.

In the boglands and pine forests of Belgium's High Fens nature reserve, a wildfire of historic proportions — the largest the country has witnessed in a century — has consumed 3,000 hectares and forced a reckoning with how profoundly the climate is rewriting familiar landscapes. On Tuesday, hundreds of firefighters attempted to encircle the blaze in what officials called a potentially decisive operation, even as wind, fog, and difficult terrain reminded all involved that fire, like nature itself, does not negotiate on human terms. No lives have been lost, but the slow-burning peatlands that too

Belgian firefighters mount decisive push to encircle century's largest wildfire

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