France and Italy sending water-dropping aircraft
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Four Canadair water-dropping aircraft are expected to arrive in Greece from France and Italy to help put out wildfires raging in Attica, Viotia and Corinth, following the activation of the EU-wide Civil Protection Mechanism.
“Following Greece’s request for assistance to tackle wildfires in the Attica region, we are mobilizing 2 Canadairs from the EU Civil Protection Pool in France and 2 Canadairs from our rescEU fleet in Italy, expected to arrive still today. The European pre-positioned firefighters from Romania are already assisting,” European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic confirmed in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
