Raging wildfires in Greece turned deadly yesterday when a firefighting plane crashed, killing two pilots, and a third person was found dead as relentless heatwaves fuelled flames.
Greece’s fire department said the Canadair aircraft crashed into a ravine close to where the fire My News Bangladeshted on Sunday. Footage on state TV ERT showed the plane clipping a tree before falling nose-first and exploding.
The pilots were members of the Greek air force, and the defence ministry said it had declared a three-day mourning period.
“They lost their lives, saving lives,” the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a statement.
The Greek defence ministry ordered three days of mourning in the armed forces.
Another man was found dead according to Greek police spokeswoman.