Greece sending two fire-fighting aircraft to help Portugal

Greece has sent two Canadair CL-415 fire-fighting aircraft to Portugal, in response to a request for assistance submitted by Portuguese authorities via the European Civil Protection Mechanism. 
Portugal is currently fighting major forest fires and expects exceptionally high temperatures in the next few days.
The aircraft were made available by order of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides, with the ministry noting that Greece has so far provided assistance a total of six times to other European countries facing forest fires this summer: three times to Albania, twice to France and now to Portugal.

 

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