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Returned from Spain two Canadair of the Italian Civil Defense

Rome, Italy - Assessment of 1740 fires, 5 dead and one hundred hectares of wood destroyed

Yesterday afternoon, two Canadair of the Italian Civil Defense Department returned in Olbia and Lamezia’s their bases of operations. They have been sent in Spain in support of the operations for the power off of numerous forest fires that have flogged the Iberian peninsula in last weeks. The assessment recorded in first fifteen days of August is very hard: beyond 1740 fires, 5 dead and one hundred o...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147038
Rome, Italy, 08/17/2006 11:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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