2026 High Fens wildfire

When

14 Aug 2026

Kind

Wildfire

Coordinates

50.53° N, 6.08° E

Description

wildfire in Belgium

In 2026, Belgium experienced its largest wildfire in recent history.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A large wildfire breaks out in the High Fens, destroying a third of the nature reserve's area”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un incendie dans le plateau des Hautes Fagnes, plus précisément sur le site de la Fagne des Deux-Séries, situé sur la commune de Baelen (province de Liège)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page