Wildfire
Forest fires in Belgium, 14 Aug 2026
- Started
- Reported location
- Liège, Belgium
- Hazard
- Wildfire
Liège, Belgium
About 35 km E of Liège
About 130 km E of Brussels
Recorded coordinates
Region and reference cities are derived by WND from the event's reported location using Natural Earth 5.1.2 boundaries; they are not provider statements. Made with Natural Earth.
GDACS gives one reference point for this event. It does not mark where the event began, its extent, or every country involved; the GDACS report lists the countries.
Reported location: 50.5262° N, 6.0772° E 881fa03307fffff
Timeline
The only dated entry. 2 entries without a stated time are in the full chronology.
- Main eventForest fires in Belgium, 14 Aug 2026
1 official and scientific source
View evidence trailOccurrences
The main event and every occurrence recorded so far. Each reading links to its entry in the evidence record.
Main event
- Forest fires in Belgium, 14 Aug 2026
Orange Forest fires in Belgium from: 14 Aug 2026 to: 17 Aug 2026.
Evidence
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Evidence record
Burned area (GDACS)
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6,356 ha
GDACS · No time stated by the source
GDACS event alert level
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Orange
GDACS · No time stated by the source
Sources
- Scientific record
Forest fires in Belgium (episode 5)
GDACS
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Evidence coverage
- GDACS: alert record found and attached. Checked
- GLIDE registry: not queried — this event already carries a GLIDE number. Checked
- ReliefWeb: checked, nothing matched. Checked