00:00Five water-dropping planes and another five helicopters took off at the first light on
00:06Monday to help hundreds of firefighters battling a major wildfire west of Athens, a day after
00:12a mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters killed two crew members. The collision
00:19laid bare the danger at the most volatile front of Europe's wildfire emergency. The
00:25two crew members, one Greek and one Danish national, died on Sunday when their helicopter
00:31collided with another near the seaside area of Sata while tackling the blaze. The crew of the
00:38second helicopter, a Greek and a British national were taken to a hospital where their injuries
00:43were reported to be light. Greek authorities say they have launched a preliminary investigation
00:49to determine the cause of the accident and the crash site has been cordoned off.
00:55Meanwhile, ground crews worked through the night creating fire breaks with earth-moving equipment
01:01to hold the spread of the fire that started Friday morning that Greek media describes as,
01:06quote, a titanic battle. The blaze raged through pine forest and scrubland through the weekend,
01:13whipped by gale-force winds that often prevented water-dropping planes from operating. Foreign
01:19firefighting and helicopter crews are often deployed in Greece to help tackle wildfires during the
01:25country's hot and dry summers.
01:28аровots of Eurolands to death.
01:29men on the island of the country, they can also pass on the river to the north end of the
01:30Therefore, the
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