00:02Wildfires are continuing to burn across several parts of Europe, with firefighters battling
00:07major blazes in Belgium, France, Germany, Croatia and Greece amid persistent heat and
00:13dry conditions.
00:15A fire in Belgium's High Fence Nature Reserve more than doubled in size over 24 hours at
00:22the weekend to around 3,000 hectares, making it the largest in the country's recorded history.
00:28On Saturday afternoon, local media reported that 600 people had been asked to evacuate
00:35in Belgium's Liège province. Authorities said more than 250 firefighters and other emergency
00:42service workers were deployed on Saturday night. Meanwhile, across the border in Germany, emergency
00:48services made significant progress in fighting a fire in the Hürtgen Forest that forced around
00:542,000 people to evacuate on Friday. Residents were able to return home on Saturday evening,
01:01according to local German media. In Spain, firefighters continued to battle a massive blaze that has
01:08been ongoing for more than a week in Aragon's northern Huesca province. The flames are threatening
01:14the Hürtgen Forest being because of the
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