Sourbrodt, Belgium, Aug 18, 2026 (AFP) - Firefighters pushing to 'definitively encircle' Belgian wildfire

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Firefighters were making a potentially decisive push on Tuesday to encircle the massive wildfire burning in Belgium's High Fens nature reserve, despite unfavourable weather hampering air support operations, authorities said. "We are trying to definitively encircle the fire today," regional government spokesperson Nicolas Yernaux told AFP, saying all focus was on "reinforcing our eastern defences" with the arrival of "sustained winds" blowing towa......

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