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Rhodes: fire under control

Rhodes, Greece - Italian, Greek and Cypriot Canadair aircraft left Greece which fought the fire with Civil Defence airplanes and helicopters

After seven days fighting against fire with Canadair aircraft belonging to Italian Civil Defence and to Cypriot and French Authorities, Greece extinguished the fire which destroyed 5 thousand hectares in Rhodes island (such figures were indicative because official declarations were not released yet). On Friday evening, 3000 tourists were evacuated for security reasons in the South-East area of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1092801
Rome, Italy, 07/29/2008 11:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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