3rd Infantry Division is fighting wildfires in Greece
Fires have burned for days, displacing thousands and setting off military explosives.
BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED JUL 30, 2023 12:35 PM EDT
The U.S. Army has deployed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to eastern Greece to assist in fighting massive fires that have scorched swathes of the Mediterranean country.
Three Black Hawks with 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division were deployed near the eastern coastal city of Volos, engaged in “fire suppression” efforts, according to U.S. European Command. The Army and the State Department are coordinating with the Greek government, operating in a supplementary role to the ongoing Greek response to the fires.
The first have been burning throughout Greece, scorching thousands of kilometers across the country including the mainland and the island of Rhodes. At least three people have been killed and thousands forced to evacuate, 20,000 on Rhodes alone. Deadly fires are also burning in Italy and Algeria; thousands in total have been forced to flee in the Mediterranean. As with much of the world, Greece has been experiencing a heatwave with record highs for the last two weeks, which has contributed to hundreds of fires breaking out across the country.
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