Huge Wildfire Southwest of Berlin Sets Off WWII Arms Blasts

Firefighters battle a wildfire near the village Klausdorf, about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south of Berlin on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP
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BERLIN—Firefighters struggled Aug. 24 to tame a wildfire southwest of Berlin but had to maneuver carefully as the blaze set off old World War II ammunition that is still buried in the forests around the German capital.

Flames forced the evacuation of several nearby villages and sent clouds of acrid smoke toward the German capital.