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The two helicopters were Bell aircraft, each carrying a two-person crew, operating over the Psatha area west of Athens.
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- https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greece-europe-wildfire-helicopter-crash-9.7294476?cmp=rss
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/2-killed-when-firefighting-helicopters-collide-near-athens-as-europes-wildfire-emergency-rages
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- ConfirmedTwo Greek firefighting helicopters collided in midair on Sunday while battling a wildfire west of Athens.
- ConfirmedOne Greek and one Danish crew member died in the collision, while a second Greek and a British crew member survived.
- ConfirmedNearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed against the wind-driven wildfire near Athens before the collision.
- ConfirmedWildfires in France have forced roughly 224,000 people to evacuate, in what may be the country's largest civilian evacuation outside wartime.
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