Belgium Wildfire Recorded With No Size or Containment Figure
The record for this fire holds only the country and a discovery date of 2026-08-14; area burned, containment status and fire behaviour are all unrecorded.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 18, 2026, 2:29 a.m. ET
Earlier reports
Aug 18, 2026, 2:29 a.m. ETFirst report
Wildfire in Belgium's High Fens Has Burned an Estimated 12 Square Miles
A wildfire in Belgium's High Fens region has burned an estimated 30 square kilometers (about 12 square miles), according to reporting by the New York Post.
The fire remained out of control in areas inaccessible to ground crews, the Wallonia region said, as reported by the New York Post.
No containment figure has been reported for this fire. That is not the same as containment being zero — it means no percentage has been put on the record in the reporting available.
The New York Post reported that the fire did not significantly grow, due in part to favorable winds, but that it blazed out of control after spreading east into a pine forest.
The New York Post report cited here does not give a date for when the fire started.
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Revision history
- Version 219 Aug 2026, 03:41current
n/a — see changelog field. Ssunday, August 16, 2026" date replaced with the sourced "on Sunday"; added an explicit statement that the burned area has not been established while retaining both sourced estimates verbatim. \"Sunday, August 16, 2026\" reduced to \"on Sunday.\" \
- Version 118 Aug 2026, 06:58
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- Version 118 Aug 2026, 06:29current
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