International help arrives as wildfires rage across Belgium

Belgium is battling its worst wildfires in over a century, with hundreds of firefighters fighting flames in the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve. Germany, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands have sent reinforcements, including helicopters, as several...

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International help arrives as wildfires rage across Belgium

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