00:02Firefighters in the Netherlands are rushing to contain a blaze that is spreading in a nature reserve in the country's
00:07south.
00:08It's the latest in a string of wildfires across Europe caused by deadly heatwaves and drought.
00:14The fire started on Monday and hundreds of emergency workers took part in fighting the blaze overnight as helicopters resumed
00:20operations on Tuesday morning.
00:22The biggest challenge in blussen is that it is high in the trees.
00:28Kronvuur, where we have to do with a wind that wakes up.
00:33The fire is going through the trees and it has to be able to do that.
00:37The blaze spread to 100 hectares as of early Tuesday and was still not under control, provincial authorities said on
00:43their website.
00:44The winds kept changing direction and sped up the fires spread.
00:48The firefighters say they don't have enough equipment to deal with forest fires, which are very rare in the Netherlands.
00:54Human-fueled climate change has accelerated moisture loss from soil, lakes and rivers,
00:59heightening the risk of extreme droughts and allowing fires to spread faster and burn more intensely.
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