Luxembourg has sent firefighters to Belgium after a fast-moving peat fire burned at least 1,600 hectares in the High Fens and sent smoke across the region. The cause remains unknown and the blaze was not yet under control in the latest verified reports.
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 20 are missing after a wildfire swept through hills near Los Gallardos in Spain's Almería province. Most of the dead were foreign holidaymakers and residents, including British and Belgian nationals, many overtaken as they fled along a dry riverbed while flames driven by extreme heat and wind bore down on them.
Severe wildfires in southern Georgia and Florida and persistent drought across 62% of the country pushed April 2026 burned-area numbers far above the long-run norm, with the Highway 82 and Pineland Road fires destroying dozens of homes.