The plane was dropping water on wildfires
Two pilots have been killed after a plane dropping water over wildfires in Greece crashed on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cancelled a planned visit to Cyprus for Wednesday, and three days of mourning were called for Greece's armed forces. The latest evacuation orders were issued on the islands of Corfu and Evia while a blaze on the island of Rhodes continued to move inland, torching mountainous forest areas, including part of a nature reserve.
Among them was Serbian basketball star Philip Petrusev, a player for US team the Philadelphia 76ers who was holidaying on Rhodes with his partner Tiana Sumakovic. Vassilis Kikilias, the minister for climate crisis and civil protection, said: "For the 12th day, under extreme conditions of heat and strong winds, we are fighting non-stop on dozens of forest fire fronts... The Greek Fire Service has battled more than 500 fires - more than 50 a day."
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