BELGIUM-ENVIRONMENT-WEATHER-CLIMATE-WILDFIRE
This handout photograph taken on August 16, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows firefighters looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Rain started falling in Belgium on August 17, 2026 to help its fight against the country's biggest modern-day wildfire that has devastated some 3,000 hectares (7,500 acres) of the High Fens park on the border with Germa. Some 500 firefighters and troops are battling the blaze that has sent a huge cloud of black smoke across the region into neighbouring Germany and France. (Photo by Handout / VHP / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VHP " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS