Currently planning a holiday in the Eifel this October, not quite what I was expecting to read about here...
https://mastodon.social/@carstenfranke/117097064884848091
carstenfranke@mastodon.social - So in my home state in Germany there is a forest on fire, the largest wildfire in the history of North Rhine-Westfalia.
Size wise nothing compared to what we see here in the US, but there is a little quirk: firefighters have to be extra cautious and can't access all areas, because of WWII ammunition, mines and grenades that still are in the soil.
I remember hiking that general area with my parents in the 1980s and occasionally finding rifle rounds.
Wars have long lasting consequences.
Ruth Mottram
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