What’s truly taking place
Wildfires pushed by drought and report warmth have swept throughout France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands this 12 months, and in a number of locations they’ve triggered the munitions buried beneath the land they’ve burned. Within the French village of Le Porge, close to Bordeaux, a wildfire uncovered roughly 400 shells and items of ammunition, largely German and French mortar rounds and anti-tank shells, in line with French officers; one resident informed regional media {that a} piece of the recovered ordnance had gone straight by way of a home.

