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.
For all latest news, follow The My News’s Google News channel. 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.
