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Firefighters battle a massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Stuff emphasizes the firefighters' active role in battling the wildfire, whereas Breitbart focuses on the human impact of forced evacuations.
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What happenedThe wildfire has burned more than 27 square kilometres in a large nature reserve, in one of the country’s worst wildfires in recent history.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Firefighters battle a massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate". The right frames it as "Hundreds Forced to Evacuate Amid Massive Wildfire in Belgium".
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Left / center-leftFirefighters battle a massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate
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Right / center-rightHundreds Forced to Evacuate Amid Massive Wildfire in Belgium
Hundreds Forced to Evacuate Amid Massive Wildfire in Belgium
Forced to Evacuate
Firefighters battled a massive wildfire in eastern Belgium on Sunday that has burned more than 27 square kilometers (10 square miles) in the High Fens.