Spyros Bakalis with John Hadoulis in AthensAFP·2 Aug, 2026 05:38 PM4 mins to readGreece on August 2, 2026, faced multiple fronts and a growing damage toll after a week of wildfires devastated over 12,000 hectares of forest and agricultural land, experts said. Photo / Aris Oikonomou, AFPThe two-man crew of a firefighting helicopter was killed in a mid-air collision in Greece on Sunday as forces battled multiple wildfires that have devastated swathes of land, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warning of “extremely difficult” days ahead.
Two hired Bell helicopters collided while battling a wildfire in the
