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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11894

31 October 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Civil protection
EU assists Italy in fighting forest fires
Brussels, 30/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

European solidarity is at work, through the EU civil protection mechanism, to help Italy fight the forest fires devastating the north of the country. In response to the request for assistance lodged by the Italian authorities with the European Commission on Sunday 29 October, Croatia immediately offered two specialised Canadair planes which have been operating in the affected areas in northern Italy since Sunday evening.

The EU’s Copernicus satellite system has also been activated to...