# Unexploded WWII munitions complicate firefighting at German wildfires

https://mins.news/en/video/22576

- DW News, 2026-08-14 21:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijeD1d-Lwuw

> Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated from a village in western Germany as a rapidly spreading wildfire approached homes in extremely dry conditions. Unexploded World War II ordnance remains in parts of the forest, with occasional detonations during the fire complicating firefighting operations.

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