Wormeldange

Emergency services were called to a field fire in Wormeldange at around midday on Saturday. The Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps deployed. Police officers deployed. The police helicopter deployed, providing an aerial overview of the situation. By 4:30pm, the officers and helicopter had left. The firefighters had brought the blaze under control. Fire crews remained to extinguish several smaller pockets of fire and ensure that the area was completely safe.[1]

Photos from the scene show the fire broke out close to a house and completely destroyed a large section of the field. Witnesses said the firefighters' swift response prevented the blaze from spreading further and reaching the property. The fire was close to a house. The firefighters were close to the fire. The firefighters were faster than the fire. The house is still standing. The field is not.[1]

Stadtbredimus

The CGDIS also reported a field fire near the Moselle in Stadtbredimus, not far from Wormeldange. Crews from Canach, Flaxweiler, Frisange, Mensdorf, Moutfort, Remich, and Mertert attended the incident. It is not yet clear whether this was the same operation or a separate field fire. Seven stations. One fire, or two. The uncertainty is the measure of a Saturday afternoon on the Moselle, where the fields are dry and the fires do not care whether they are the same fire or a different one.[1]

The heatwave is over. The fires are not.

The heatwave broke a week ago. The yellow alert was for heat, then for thunderstorms. The colour stayed. The hazard changed. The hazard was heat. The hazard is now dry ground. The dry ground does not absorb rain. The dry ground grows dry grass. The dry grass catches fire. The fire spreads across the field. The field is near a house. The house is near the Moselle. The Moselle is at a record low. The record low is the heatwave. The heatwave is over. The fires are not.[1]

Ten fires in one night, two weeks ago. A forest fire in Consdorf. Fire risk described as "extremely high". A field fire near Wormeldange. A possible second fire in Stadtbredimus. Seven fire stations responding. The heatwave is a memory. The fires are the present. The present is the dry ground. The dry ground is the heatwave's legacy. The legacy is what the heatwave left behind. The heatwave left behind dry ground. The dry ground left behind fire. The fire left behind a field that is gone and a house that is not.[1]