ATHENS: Two Greek firefighting helicopters collided in midair on Sunday as they were battling a wind-driven wildfire west of Athens, sending one aircraft crashing to the ground, footage showed. Two crew members died in the crash. The dead crew members were one Greek and one Danish national, while the two who were recovered alive were one Greek and one British national. The collision laid bare the danger at the most volatile front of Europe’s wildfire emergency.

Two crew members were killed on Sunday when two helicopters battling a wildfire collided in midair in the Psatha area, on the boundary between Attica and Boeotia northwest of…

Two firefighting helicopters collided on Sunday while battling a massive wildfire in Greece, as authorities struggled to contain fast-moving blazes that have destroyed more than…