Four water-dropping aircraft Canadair from France and Italy are expected to arrive in Greece to help put out the fires.
The aircraft will arrive following a request of the Civil Protection to EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic.
“Following Greece’s request for assistance to tackle wildfires in the Attica region, we are mobilising 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,” Lenarcic posted on social media.
Following 🇬🇷 request for assistance to tackle #wildfires in the #Attica region, we are mobilising 2 Canadairs from the EU Civil Protection Pool in 🇨🇵 and 2 Canadairs from our #rescEU fleet in 🇮🇹, expected to arrive still today.
The 🇪🇺-prepositioned 🇷🇴👨🚒 are already assisting. https://t.co/qTMRhQDbzI
— Janez Lenarčič (@JanezLenarcic) July 18, 2023
