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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9488

28 August 2007
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/forest fires
EU plans to step up intervention as fires continue to rage in Greece

Brussels, 27/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday morning, four French and Italian Canadairs were helping Greece to combat the devastating fires that have broken out there. Another three Canadairs are on their way and helicopters equipped for fire-fighting should reach the theatre of operations during the day. This is the biggest offer of assistance to a member state since the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection (MCP), coordinated by the European Commission, came into being in 2001....