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Last update - 00:00 27/08/2007
Israel to send firefighters to Greece to help battle fires
By Agencies
Tags: help, fire, Israel, greece

Israel will send 25 firefighters with equipment to Greece to help battle fires raging in several areas in the country, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

The firefighters will leave on the first available flight to Greece, a spokesman for the ministry said. He noted that the aid was being sent at the request of the Greek government.

The death toll reached at least 56 Sunday after a fire that broke out on the Greek island of Evia north of Athens killed five people and injured two more.
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Massive wildfires have burned for three days, and the vast majority of deaths are from the Zaharo area of the Peloponnese in southern Greece.

Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has declared the fires a "national catastrophe" and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast at official buildings.

Greece is also expecting four fire-fighting planes from Serbia and two from Spain, while two helicopters each are expected to arrive from Germany and the Netherlands.

Romania, Norway and Slovenia are each sending one helicopter, while Switzerland and Iceland have also offered assistance.

Also Sunday, fires reached the outskirts of ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, but were stopped short of the historic site, the fire brigade said.

"The fire reached the hill overlooking ancient Olympia but was stopped just before entering the archaeological site," said a fire brigade spokesman, who declined to be named.

"Six planes, two helicopters, 15 fire engines and 45 firemen participated in the effort."
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  1.   send them nothing 05:57  |  alan 27/08/07
  2.   Israel and the need to be accepted 06:43  |  Connie 27/08/07
  3.   Send them everything they need. 08:23  |  Jake 27/08/07
  4.   TV says Israel to send 50 firefighters 08:34  |  Joseph E . 27/08/07
  5.   #1, you are wrong 09:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/08/07
  6.   WISH the people of Greece well,hope it will be controlled soon 09:38  |  PETER SM 27/08/07
  7.   I Hope... 10:07  |  Yosemite 27/08/07
  8.   weird that turkia send no help , 10:07  |  Joseph E . 27/08/07
  9.   FIRES IN GREECE 10:09  |  annie 27/08/07
  10.   Do as you would be done by 10:26  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/08/07
  11.   Greeks bearing (no) gifts 10:52  |  AJ 27/08/07
  12.   Good for Israel 10:59  |  Gina 27/08/07
  13.   Some people here forget the Golden Rule 10:59  |  Israeli 27/08/07
  14.   Cipora 11:22  |  Connie 27/08/07
  15.   # 1 ALAN Fires in Greece 11:55  |  Yonni 27/08/07
  16.   FIRES FROM GOD FOR ISRAEL 13:27  |  indrajaya 27/08/07
  17.   INDRAJAYA When can we expect Indonesian firefighters 13:44  |  PETER SM 27/08/07
  18.   Fires in southern Greece 16:46  |  nik 27/08/07
  19.   Yonni from Athens Greece 17:22  |  tony 27/08/07
  20.   This is typical Israeli activity, to go out and assist the 18:02  |  Erez 27/08/07
  21.   to #1 18:03  |  Greek-American 27/08/07
  22.   thank you 19:00  |  aliki 27/08/07
  23.   aliki -- I enjoyed reading your message! 20:30  |  Gina 27/08/07
  24.   Aliki, Euxaristo para poli; Toda raba 20:32  |  Jake 27/08/07
  25.   Thanks Israel 21:36  |  Tina 27/08/07
  26.   Greek fires 22:00  |  StevieT 27/08/07
  27.   SRB 05:18  |  Bojan 28/08/07
  28.   to #1 22:15  |  Elias 28/08/07
  29.   Thanks from Greece 01:12  |  Nikos 30/08/07
  30.   Efxaristo from Hellas, and some observations 03:25  |  Athina 04/09/07
  31.   And more observations from a greek 03:41  |  Athina 04/09/07
  32.   to jake 10:03  |  evri 25/09/07
  33.   fires in greece 23:03  |  Ivy 24/08/09
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