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High Fens - "Zombie Fire" - why peat fires are so hard to extinguish

By with∅ut-me 17.08.2026 at 11:25 Uhr Climate Change Weather & Natural Disasters Pollution
TL;DR AI-generated A peat fire in Belgium's High Fens has already destroyed 30 square kilometers. The fires are difficult to extinguish as they affect underground peat layers, which can smolder for a long time and spread unnoticed.

Source: deutschlandfunk.de

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