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The fire broke out on Friday in Belgium’s Liege province and has been spreading east towards Germany. It has burned more than 27sq km (10. 4sq miles).
list 1 of 2More than 135 million people in Europe face temperatures over 35C.
list 2 of 2Wildfires force thousands to flee as blazes spread across Europe.
O recorde anterior de incêndio na Bélgica ocorreu em 2011, queimando 14km² (5,4 milhas quadradas) da mesma reserva, disse o Sistema Europeu de Informação sobre Incêndios Florestais.
More than 250 emergency services personnel have been deployed, among them firefighters from Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Firefighters focused on containing the advancing front of the fire, spokesperson for the government of Belgium’s Wallonia province, Stephanie Ernoux, told the Reuters news agency.
About 600 people in the Belgian border municipalities of Waimes and Butgenbach were told to leave their homes on Saturday as winds shifted and smoke spread.
Authorities said no homes had been affected as of Sunday morning, but urged people to stay away from the fire zone.
Na Alemanha, a cidade de Monschau disse que o incêndio havia chegado a cerca de 3km (1,9 milhas) da fronteira. Os funcionários não esperavam que as chamas cruzassem a fronteira, disse a cidade, mas aconselhou os moradores de três de seus distritos a deixar temporariamente devido à fumaça.
The fire came as Belgium had just come through another burst of severe heat, the thermometer touching roughly 37C (98. 6F) in places on Friday, on top of weeks with barely any rain.
Like other parts of Europe, Belgium is in the middle of a summer of repeated heatwaves. Weather agencies logged temperatures above 35C (95F) in several European countries on Thursday, and the United Kingdom had its hottest day of the year when west London reached 38.
Fires have frequently followed the heat. Thousands of people have been driven from their homes in Germany, France, the UK, Croatia and Greece in recent days, and about 500,000 hectares (about 1.
24 million acres) have burned across the European Union this year.
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- Na Alemanha, a cidade de Monschau disse que o incêndio havia chegado a cerca de 3km (1,9 milhas) da fronteira
- From their homes in Germany, France, the UK, Croatia and Greece in recent days, and about 500,000 hectares (about 1
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