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de wildfire in de vicinity van Oostrum, North Limburg, continues naar spread.
According naar de regional safety council, de brand is moving van south naar east.
de expectation is dat firefighting efforts will last bij least tot 09:00 AM tomorrow, says Mayor Michiel Uitdehaag van Venray.
"Fortunately, we have no reports van burned objects of personal injuries."
de brand in de Boschhuizerbergen nature reserve broke out late Wednesday de ochtend en quickly gained ground due naar een combination van strong winds en high temperatures.
een area van approximately 100 hectares, equivalent naar een square kilometer, has been affected door de brand, while initially, it covered 21 hectares.
een spokesperson voor de regional safety council explains dat deze demonstrates de unpredictable nature van wildfires, dat often last longer than hoped.
Uninterrupted firefighting activities continued door de nacht, met 250 firefighters en 48 vehicles involved in combating de blaze.
Firefighting units van across de country are assisting hun Limburg colleagues.
Although part van de 100 hectares has already been burned en extinguished, de brand is nog raging elsewhere.
Additionally, two military helicopters were deployed maar had naar cease operations als darkness fell.
deze de ochtend, aerial firefighting resumed met helicopters.
Local Evacuations en Disruptions Due naar de hazardous air quality, de De Oude Barrier campsite in Venray has been evacuated.
Campers have been accommodated in een nearby hotel.
een hotel guest tells NOS zij were prepared voor evacuation na seeing de smoke lingering over de campsite.
de facility will remain closed voor 24 hours, although de owner has stayed aan-site in consultation met de regional safety council.
Local residents received een NL-alert, warning hun van de smoke.
een new alert was issued deze de ochtend naar een wider area due naar changing de wind directions, increasing de risk naar several municipalities.
de trein traffic between Boxmeer en Venray has been halted due naar firefighting activities, en ProRail expects deze disruption naar last tot 18:00 PM.
