From Thursday, all of Belgium drops to code green as wildfire risk eases
From Thursday the whole of Belgium moves to code green, the lowest wildfire-risk level, De Standaard reported, as an anxious dry spell eases.
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- From Thursday, all of Belgium moves to code green, the lowest wildfire-risk level, according to De Standaard.
- The change applies nationwide across all regions, not a single province.
- Emergency services said a nature fire in the Netherlands was being fought "as planned," De Standaard reported.
- Code green reflects reduced weather-driven fire danger but can revert if heat and wind return.
"Code groen" is the lowest level on the wildfire-risk scale used in Belgium to communicate the danger of nature fires in forests, heathland and dunes. The scale reflects weather-driven conditions — temperature, wind and the dryness of vegetation and soil — rather than an active fire. De Standaard reported that Belgium moves to code green nationwide from Thursday, while emergency services in the Netherlands said their operation against a nature fire was proceeding "as planned."
Background
Heathland and forest fires have become a more visible part of the northern-European summer as hotter, drier spells recur. Belgium and the Netherlands share similar sandy-soil nature areas — Flemish and Dutch heaths — that dry out under the same weather systems, and both countries use graduated fire-risk warnings to guide public behaviour and prepare emergency services during summer droughts.
What to do
Anyone planning outdoor activity should still check the current fire-risk level before lighting barbecues or fires and follow local rules in nature reserves, as code green can change with the weather.
The Belgian angle
The change applies across all Belgian regions — Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels — meaning nature reserves, forests and coastal dunes nationwide are classified at the lowest risk level, according to De Standaard.
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