"Zombiefeuer": Why Fires in Dry Bogs Are Difficult to Fight
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12 Articles
The fire in the High Venn is so devastating because it is raging in a drained bog. An expert talks about the catastrophic consequences and how a regenerated bog could even help us with flood protection.
There have been many steps that have made us vulnerable. Now we have to extinguish more than the fire in Europe's biggest high bog, everywhere and at the same time.
In the Belgian High Venn, the danger lurks underground: In addition to trees and grasses, parts of the Toorfmoore burn. There, the fires can float unnoticed under the ground for a long time. Why the so-called zombie fires are so dangerous. [more]]>
Again and again in Germany and other countries moors burn with peat layers. Such fires are difficult to extinguish and present firefighters with great challenges.
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geoThe fire in the Hohe Venn is particularly difficult to extinguish because it is a dried-up bog. There are very special dangers.
The fire in the Hohe Venn is particularly difficult to extinguish because it is a dried-up bog. There are very special dangers.
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