;)
Greece sends 36 firefighters to help tackle Israel’s wildfire
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Israel-GR
Greek government sent a second dispatch of assistance to Israel to tackle a massive wildfire in Haifa that has claimed the lives of 42 prison guards and local firefighters.
A C-130 military helicopter departed from the Elefsina military airport Saturday evening carrying a team of 36 firefighters and equipment to help contain the blaze.
On Thursday, Greece dispatched five Canadair fire-fighting aircraft to Israel after a telephone call between Papandreou and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the day (source: Athens News Agency)
CBC reports that ”Negligence, not arson, is the likely cause of the deadly forest fire burning out of control in the Carmel Heights near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, police said Saturday.
A spokesman for Israel’s police would not go into detail about the kind of negligence involved or explain why authorities were now leaning away from earlier suspicions of arson. Further investigation is needed, police said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his thanks for the help, which is coming from Britain, France, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Jordan, Cyprus, Egypt, Russia, the United States and other countries.
“They’re standing shoulder to shoulder with us on the ground and in the skies fighting this terrible fire,” he said in a statement to Reuters TV on Friday. “We’re deeply moved and deeply grateful.”
The Palestinian Authority has also sent firefighting units to the disaster zone.
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
