Brussels, 28/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - Several Union Member States have responded favourably to the appeal made by Portugal to help fight its forest fires. From the evening of 25 July, the Civil Protection Unit at the European Commission (Directorate General Environment), informed about the situation via its surveillance and information centre, was immediately activated to ensure co-ordination for mobilising resources in Member States. Greece has already provided two CL 415 planes and Spain,...