Belgian wildfire doubles in size on third day tearing through nature reserve

Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain the flames consuming the major park.

Belgium battling biggest fire in more than a century as flames near German border and 600 people told to evacuate Two people have died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis as firefighting aircraft were called on to help tame the biggest blaze in Belgium in more than a century in the latest wave of European wildfires

The fire broke out as Belgium experienced another intense heatwave this week, with temperatures hitting nearly 37 C (98.6 F) in several areas on Friday