Wildfire burns through the High Fens as crews defend Belgium’s largest reserve

coordinating the response to the fire

Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia, the primarily French-speaking region of Belgium.

part of the coordination effort for the fire

Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state from human-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency management: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation and recovery. Programs of this sort were initially discussed at least as early as the 1920s and were implemented in some countries during the 1930s as the threat of war and aerial bombardment grew.

Prime Minister (implied but not explicitly stated)

Sophie Wilmès is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020. She later served as minister of foreign affairs from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Reformist Movement, she is the first woman to hold either position.

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The European Commission (EC) is the executive cabinet of the European Union. It is composed of 27 members of the Commission corresponding to the number of member states, unless the European Council, by unanimous consent, decides to alter this number.

the main event described in the article

A wildfire, forest fire, brushfire or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Some natural forest ecosystems depend on wildfire. Modern forest management often engages in prescribed burns to mitigate fire risk and promote natural forest cycles. Controlled burns can turn into wildfires if they escape containment lines.