Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany

HAUTES FAGNES/BRUSSELS, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled with the aid of Dutch helicopters on Sunday to contain Belgium's biggest wildfire, which has already burned 3,000 hectares of land and which local authorities said was heading towards the German border.

Countries across Europe are continuing to battle wildfires brought on by blistering temperatures which have left landscapes tinder-dry.

HAUTES FAGNES/BRUSSELS, Aug 16 - Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium's biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border, local authorities said.

Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany  Reuters