The fire brigade practices extinguishing a wildfire in Catalonia ‘without water’

Twelve Dutch firefighters practiced fighting and preventing wildfires in Catalonia last week. Longer periods of drought and heat are becoming more common. This increases the risk of such a sometimes unstoppable conflagration, also in the Netherlands. To combat this more easily, they practice with a self-lit forest fire. “A small fire can quickly have a major impact.”

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