# A1 German News | Can Belgium Stop the 3,000-Hectare Wildfire?

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Podcast: [Learn German A1 | Slow Easy German News, Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898)
Published: 2026-08-17T02:05:21+00:00
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## Resource

Learn German through today’s real news. Slow, clear German at A1, with a full transcript and English translation. In this episode: A wildfire in Belgium has more than doubled and forced nearby villages to evacuate. Also: Ferrari's first electric car sold at auction for $40 million. Heute: Feuer in Belgien wächst stark · Ferraris E-Auto bringt 40 Millionen. Today’s German focus: sein + Adjektiv (to be + adjective) = to be + adjective. Vocabulary: die Feuerwehr (firefighters), das Gelände (terrain), der Ausbruch (outbreak). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-08-17 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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