Serbia sends Ka-32 helicopter with six MUP Helicopter Unit crew, to help Greece fight raging wildfire

Photo: Serbian MUP

International humanitarian aid has been afforded to Greece today from Serbia, in the form of a firefighting helicopter belonging to the Helicopter Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (MUP).

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The assistance was sent based on an official request from Greece to activate the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union in order to provide help in extinguishing a large-scale wildfire, this one in the mountains in the municipality of Paggaio, Greece.

Therefore Serbia dispatched to Greece a Kamov (Ka) 32 helicopter, capable of carrying five tons of water at one time, along with six crew members from the Helicopter Unit of the MUP's Emergency Situations Sector.

(Telegraf.rs)