{"id":370359,"date":"2026-08-15T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fighting-germanys-wildfires-complicated-by-unexploded-wwii-munitions-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T01:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:00:39","slug":"fighting-germanys-wildfires-complicated-by-unexploded-wwii-munitions-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fighting-germanys-wildfires-complicated-by-unexploded-wwii-munitions-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Germany&#8217;s wildfires complicated by unexploded WWII munitions | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ijeD1d-Lwuw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fighting Germany's wildfires complicated by unexploded WWII munitions | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ijeD1d-Lwuw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Nearly 2,000 residents were evacuated from a village in western Germany after a fast-moving wildfire spread toward homes amid extremely dry conditions. 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