Airborne firefighting fleet doubled as EU braces for wildfire season

The EU has assembled a pool of 24 firefighting aircraft and four helicopters, with 450 firefighters to be deployed in advance to France, Greece and Portugal as Europe enters a likely long and intense wildfire season.

by Robert Hodgson

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