Firefighters in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands face a growing threat from unexploded bombs, shells and mines as drought, heat and wildfires expose and sometimes detonate munitions buried for decades

Fires, fueled by climate change, are uncovering, exposing, and in some cases exploding, long-buried munitions across the continent, posing a threat to crews responding to flames

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II

The scorched landscapes have exposed a potentially lethal threat lurking underground