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Wake-Up Weather: Concerns About Wildfires Continues
More than 250 firefighters battled the Belgian blaze as German authorities urged residents near Monschau to evacuate over smoke and border risk.
- On Sunday, a wildfire raging in eastern Belgium doubled in size to 3,000 hectares, forcing residents in three districts of the German border town Monschau to evacuate due to heavy smoke.
- The Wallonia regional government reported that "conditions remain challenging" two days after the fire erupted in the High Fens park, with more than 250 firefighters mobilized throughout the night.
- Authorities "urgently" advised residents in Monschau to evacuate because "cannot be ruled out that there will be increased, significant smoke exposure and smoke fallout starting in the morning."
- In southwestern France and the northeastern Ardennes, regional prefect Gilles Clavreul said the situation is developing more favourably, while Greek firefighters battle a forest fire on the island of Skyros.
- Amid blistering temperatures and tinder-dry landscapes, countries across Europe continued battling wildfires on Sunday, as police in Croatia arrested four people suspected of starting blazes along the Adriatic coast.
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