Water-dropping aircraft take off at first light to help hundreds of firefighters battling a major wildfire west of Athens, Greece, according to multiple reports. The operation uses planes and helicopters equipped to drop water on the blaze while firefighting crews work on the ground.
The Independent and Winnipeg Free Press also report that a mid-air collision has occurred during the incident, resulting in the deaths of two people. Details on the collision’s circumstances are not provided in the excerpts, and it is not clear how it affects the timing or scope of the ongoing aerial response.
Across the coverage, the wildfire’s location is consistently described as west of Athens, and the scale of the response is described in terms of hundreds of firefighters. The reports indicate that aerial support is part of a broader effort to contain and manage the fire as conditions change throughout the day.
