Canadair plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashes with 2 aboard
Thomson ReutersA Canadair firefighting plane drops water over a wildfire approaching homes and hotels at the Vatera coastal resort on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday. The Greek air force said a Canadair CL-215 plane crashed over the island of Evia, east of Athens, on Tuesday.State broadcaster ERT showed footage of the plane dropping water over a fire, then crashing into a hillside and bursting into flames.
"All of us are standing guard," he said. "In the face of what the entire planet is facing, especially the Mediterranean, which is a climate change hot spot, there is no magical defence mechanism. If there was, we would have implemented it."1 day agoLocals and tourists are fleeing fires on the popular resort island of Rhodes as out-of-control wildfires ravage the island, prompting urgent pleas for help.
A fireman holds a cat and two rabbits after rescuing them from a fire between the villages of Kiotari and Genadi, on the Greek island of Rhodes, on Monday. "After the superhuman efforts to contain the fire, we need superhuman efforts to restart tourism now," he said.Rhodes, one of Greece's biggest islands, is among its top summer destinations, attracting about 1.5 million foreign tourists in the summer months.
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