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Over 500 people fled a blaze in France’s Landes region, while unexploded WWII munitions hampered firefighting in Germany. 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In France’s Landes region, a fire forced the evacuation of over 500 residents from the town of Luglon, according to the regional administration. The blaze was one of several burning across France, including in areas typically cooler and wetter, such as Brittany and the north."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In England, firefighters responded to blazes in the West Midlands after the UK’s hottest day of the year. Nineteen people were hospitalised, and around 20 to 30 homes were destroyed in Stourbridge, as reported by the ambulance service and local lawmaker Cat Eccles. The National Fire Chiefs Council recorded 1,017 wildfires in England and Wales this year, a figure carried by multiple outlets."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Germany’s Hürtgen forest fire prompted the evacuation of 1,800 residents from the village of Gey. Unexploded World War II munitions in the area detonated during the blaze, forcing firefighters to retreat for safety, as reported by German news agency dpa. In Croatia, a fire near the coastal town of Omis hospitalised 14 people, seven of whom remained in critical condition, and forced over 1,000 evacuations."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the unexploded World War II munitions in Germany that hampered firefighting efforts. The figure of 1,017 wildfires recorded in England and Wales this year was absent from the right-rated digest, though it appeared in all left-rated and centre-rated digests. 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