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Aug 21
Firefighters extinguish 300-hectare Hürtgenwald blaze in North Rhine-Westphalia
Emergency services declared the largest forest fire in North Rhine-Westphalia history fully put out on 20 August 2026 after more than 1,800 responders spent a week containing canopy flames and dodging buried munitions.
Jun 29
At least 26 men and boys drown in Germany over the hottest weekend of the year as DLRG warns on overconfidence and alcohol
Rescue services across Germany responded to a surge of fatal bathing accidents from Friday to Sunday, with the DLRG water rescue organisation counting at least 26 dead, none of them female.
Jun 26
Eight-year-old boy drowns in lake near Hannover as series of water deaths hit Germany over two days
An eight-year-old boy was found dead in a bathing lake near Hannover after a two-hour search, while two elderly men drowned in Lake Constance a day earlier and other fatalities were reported from Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.