#hautefagnes — Public Fediverse posts

According to French media Le Monde, two German army helicopters are headed to Belgium. This would bring aerial forces to 8, with 2 existing Dutch helicopters, 2 Belgian helicopters and 2 Swedish planes already in service.

#belgium #highfens #hautefagnes #wildfires

Brother-in-law just got called to the #highfens for third day in a row.
He says the NASA imagery is a good indicator for activity but doesn't tell the whole story as the fire spreads underground through the peat and not directly caused/linked by winds.

#wildfires #belgium #hautefagnes

According to NASA imagery the fire isn't progressing much today.
Red = fire active in last 3 hours.
Orange/yellow = 3 - 12+ hours.
White = 24h+ ago.

See for yourself: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:tsd;d:today;@6.132,50.575,11.762z

#wildfires #belgium #highfens #hautefagnes

I am astonished at the Belgian farmers, I have seen videos of dozens of them relentlessly driving up and down fireroads, day and night through unbearable smoke, spraying areas to ensure they stay extinguished, aswell as driving up and down to lakes like Robertville to refill firefighters cisterns so they can stay put.
#highfens #hautefagnes #wildfires #belgium

Thoughts to my brother-in-law and his comrades who have been fighting the complex fire in the natural reserve of the high fens for over 48h now. I hope they get it under control.
Current situation looks pretty bad, and is expanding towards Germany: https://firemap.live/?lng=6.06015&lat=50.51370&zoom=10.88

#wildfire #belgium #highfens #hautefagnes #climatewarming #drought

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