EU Commission: Additional aid at Greece’s disposal to fight the fires

"The EU remains at the disposal of the Greek authorities if there is need for more assistance," underlined the EU Commission spokesperson.

Additional European aid is at the disposal of Greece in the battle with the wildfires, European Commission spokesperson, Balazs Ujvari said on Tuesday. As he noted, Greece activated the civil protection mechanism two days ago. “We deploy almost 1/3 of the aircraft we have in the rescEU fleet. This means that we are sending seven firefighting aircraft and one helicopter to Greece, mainly to the northwest of the country.

They are from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden,” Ujvari pointed out, adding that over 100 firefighters and about 20 vehicles from Romania and the Czech Republic are currently assisting, while the “Copernicus” system is also being used. “The EU remains at the disposal of the Greek authorities if there is need for more assistance,” underlined the EU Commission spokesperson.