00:00Firefighters managed overnight to fully surround Belgium's largest wildfire in a century,
00:06but the situation on the ground remains complicated with several flare-ups overnight,
00:11authorities said on Wednesday.
00:13According to the Crisis Cell, the fire raging in the high-fence Nature Reserve is no more
00:19moving towards Germany, with the goal to bring it under control, court, if possible, with
00:25aerial support.
00:26Firefighters said they launched the decisive push to encircle the wildfire on Tuesday,
00:31despite wind and rain hampering air support operations.
01:01The blaze charring the vast expanse of buggy pitlands, pine trees and hiking trails spread
01:07over the weekend to some 3,000 hectares.
01:10But a hard-to-access front towards the German border remained a concern for both authorities
01:16and some residents already under evacuation orders.
01:41Europe has been swept by weeks of devastating wildfires filled by dry conditions and a historically
01:48hot summer, with France, Greece, Portugal and Spain also battling major fires.
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