Villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire

Around 16 August 2026, Belgium fought its biggest wildfire on record, near the German border. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated, and Reuters and Al Jazeera wrote that the fire was heading toward Germany. Al Arabiya reported that it burned 3,000 hectares in a nature reserve.

Wildfires also broke out in Greece. AP reported firefighters battling blazes in Belgium and Greece, with two people dying on an island near Athens, and BBC reported hundreds evacuated near Athens. Sky News reported that two people also died in a mudslide in Spain.