The Local Denmark https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Europe facing record year for wildfire destruction: EU Europe's blistering summer may not be over yet, but 2022 is already breaking records, with nearly 660,000 hectares ravaged since January, according to the EU's satellite monitoring service. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220814/2022-sees-record-wildfire-destruction-in-europe-eu Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:47:15 +0200 2022-sees-record-wildfire-destruction-in-europe-eu Danish firefighters head home from Sweden with valuable experience Firefighters from Denmark are now returning home after assisting colleagues in Sweden fighting devastating wildfires. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180806/danish-firefighters-head-home-from-sweden-with-valuable-experience Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:41:58 +0200 danish-firefighters-head-home-from-sweden-with-valuable-experience Danish military flies 60 firefighters to Sweden A further 60 Danish firefighters are on their way to Sweden to help with the effort to extinguish ongoing wildfires. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180731/danish-military-flies-60-firefighters-to-sweden Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:13:43 +0200 danish-military-flies-60-firefighters-to-sweden Subterranean Danish wildfire finally extinguished An underground wildfire that raged for days in boggy terrain in northern Jutland is now all but extinguished. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180731/subterranean-danish-wildfire-finally-extinguished Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:28:47 +0200 subterranean-danish-wildfire-finally-extinguished Danish festival to allow smoking despite dry conditions The Smukfest festival, which is located in a beech forest near Danish town Skanderborg, is to allow smoking when it takes place in August. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180727/danish-festival-to-allow-smoking-despite-european-wildfires Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:45:07 +0200 danish-festival-to-allow-smoking-despite-european-wildfires Danish firefighters to help fight Swedish forest blazes 27 Danish firefighters with fire engines and equipment have been sent to Sweden to help emergency services to cope with ferocious forest fires that have raged this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180719/danish-firefighters-to-help-fight-swedish-forest-blazes Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:12:59 +0200 danish-firefighters-to-help-fight-swedish-forest-blazes