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Greece on Monday dispatched two Canadair fire-fighting aircraft after a call for assistance from fellow European Union member Cyprus to help fight a blaze that has scorched miles of mountainous terrain.

Parliament President Constantinos Tasoulas on Thursday announced that the Hellenic Parliament will offer support to the unborn child of fallen air force pilot Christos Moulas, who was killed in the line of duty when his Canadair firefighting plane crashed during efforts to extinguish the wildfire at Karystos on Evia.

US State Secretary Antony Blinken expressed his condolences to Greece over the deaths of two Canadair pilots who died after their plane crashed on the island of Evia, during a firefighting operation. 

A search and rescue operation is underway for two airmen on the island of Evia after their Canadair firefighting aircraft crashed while battling the wildfire that is raging in the southern part of the island.

Ljubljana – Dnevnik newspaper says in Saturday’s commentary Attack from Air the Only Option that Slovenia urgently needs an aircraft to fight wildfires, stressing that climate change is here and dry summers are no longer in some distant future.

Koper – A fire that broke out last night under Socerb hill in a hard-to-access area near the border with Italy, south-east of Trieste, has not yet been contained, with a strong bora wind spreading it downhill towards the villages of Osp in Slovenia and Prebenico in Italy. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Στο σημείο επιχείρησαν 31 πυροσβέστες με 1 ομάδα πεζοπόρου, 12 οχήματα και 2 Canadair

French firefighters battled to contain a raging wildfire near the glitzy Mediterranean resort of Saint-Tropez on Aug. 17, with thousands of residents and holidaymakers forced to evacuate.

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Τα Canadair της Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας στη μάχη για την κατάσβεση των πυρκαγιών

Τη βάση των πυροσβεστικών αεροσκαφών Canadair στην Ελευσίνα επισκέφθηκε ο πρωθυπουργός