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Europe’s Wildfires Are Awakening Bombs Left From Two World Wars

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Firefighters in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands face a growing threat from unexploded bombs, shells and mines as drought, heat and wildfires expose and sometimes detonate munitions buried for decades

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Forest fires raging across Europe have revealed a deadly threat lurking in the shadows of their potential victims. They are mines and bombs from World War I and II. Some of the munitions have already exploded due to the heat. Explosions have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. A team of bomb disposal experts has even been deployed in the Dutch province of Limburg to inspect a forest threatened by flames near the site o…

The fires ravaging Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat hidden under this dark landscape: bombs and rusty mines dating from the First and Second World Wars, which endanger the fire fighting teams.

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Wildfires that have raged in Europe during drought and heatwaves this summer have been ignited by old bombs from World War I and II. Explosions have been reported in several European countries this summer.

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Explosions related to old munitions have already been recorded in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

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