Belgium's largest recorded wildfire triggered the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

The fire in eastern Belgium doubled in size over twenty-four hours to Sunday morning and is the largest in the country's recorded history. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated on Saturday, and three helicopters and two water-bombing aircraft arrived from Sweden, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Fires were burning at the same time in several other European countries, among them Greece and Croatia, where thousands of people have been forced from their homes.

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