Greece sends planes to fight Israel fire

Greece said it will send four Canadair fire fighting planes to help Israel bring a deadly forest fire under control near Haifa, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

By Solar Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published December 1, 2010

Greece said it will send four Canadair fire fighting planes to help Israel bring a deadly forest fire under control near Haifa, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

The planes were to take off late Thursday from a military airport near Athens and were due to reach Haifa at dawn on Friday, after refuelling in Rhodes, Greece's firefighting services said.

The foreign ministry said the backup was ordered by Prime Minister Georges Papandreou after a telephone request from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

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