EMERCOM by President Dmitry Medvedev sent two firefighting aircraft to Greece, where large forest fires. This Aug. 24 reported ITAR-TASS .

IL-76 and Be-200 will fly to Greece in the next few hours. Fire the IL-76 is called water bomber. He can throw on the fire zone 42 tons of water at a time. Be-200 – Russia's new fire-fighting amphibious plane. In 2007, these aircraft have already participated in extinguishing fires in Europe. Shortly thereafter, it was Greece became the first foreign buyer of the Be-200.

currently extinguishing fires in Greece, already engaged in MI-26 Emergency Ministry of spillway device. Total participation in extinguishing fires take 12 aircraft and seven helicopters from several countries.

According to BBC News , the last day in Greece were reported 70 forest fires. The fire is selected to the suburbs of Athens, had already burned several homes. Authorities urged residents to evacuate, but follow this advice is not all. Some people remain to guard their property. Affected by the fires, according to recent data, the two men.

According to unconfirmed information, the Greek military were forced to evacuate the ammunition from their base, which happened in the danger zone. Watching the evacuation of journalists report that they saw an army truck transporting four anti-aircraft missiles.

such large-scale fires in Greece was in 2007 when a fire destroyed a 6 per cent of the country's forests and caused the deaths of 70 people.