Hundreds are evacuated as wildfire approaches village in western Germany’s Eifel region

Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated in western Germany after a wildfire spread close to a village. Meanwhile, farmers have warned that drought and high temperatures could cause major crop losses. DW has the latest.

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