# From Germany to the Mediterranean: How can wildfires be prevented?

https://mins.news/en/video/22170

- DW News, 2026-08-14 12:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vu24hB1Mw0

> Germany is the latest European country battling wildfires spreading across the continent. With drought and heatwaves affecting western Europe, DW examines how future fires might be prevented, reporting from the edge of a fireground in North Rhine-Westphalia and speaking with a European Forest Institute wildfire specialist.

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