00:00Wildfires across Europe are exposing a potentially deadly threat beneath the landscape, unexploded
00:06bombs and mines left from World Wars I and II.
00:10Some weapons have exploded in intense heat, with blasts reported in France, Belgium, Germany
00:15and the Netherlands.
00:17In Belgium, fires have spread across former battlefields, including the high fence, where
00:22emergency services have been adapting to the risk of buried munitions.
00:26Beyond the immediate threat to firefighters, Belgium's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service
00:31responds to more than 3,000 calls every year and disposes of up to 250 tons of wartime munitions.
00:39Climate change is increasing the risk, researchers say, as extreme heat and drought can trigger
00:44explosives or expose weapons hidden underground.
00:48Drought has also revealed weapons in rivers and lakes.
00:51In Slovakia, falling water exposed two naval mines while bombs emerged from receding waters
00:58in Hungary and Germany.
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