# Wildfires expose and detonate buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII

https://mins.news/en/item/29153

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-22 09:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4cSMtFC

> Wildfires sweeping across Europe this summer have uncovered a potentially deadly danger beneath the charred ground: rusty bombs and mines left from World War I and World War II, some of which have detonated.

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