The Greek air force pilots had been responding to a wildfire near Platanistos on the island of Evia.
Rescuers at the site of the plane crash after a water drop in Karystos on the island of Evia, GreeceTwo Greek air force pilots have died after a plane crashed while fighting wildfires on the Greek island of Evia, officials say.
The pilots were named as 34-year-old Cdr Christos Moulas and his co-pilot, 27-year-old Pericles Stefanidis.Greek TV showed the Canadair aircraft flying low to drop water on a fire before turning sharply into a hillside and bursting into flames. Crete, the largest Greek island, has been put on high alert, with residents warned there is an "extreme risk" of fire.
Elsewhere in the Mediterranean, the Italian island of Sicily has been battling fires overnight after weeks of record-breaking temperatures.
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