Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in Britain
A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe on Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the United Kingdom recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries.
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ATHENS, Greece — A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe on Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the United Kingdom recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries.
Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines a day after a midair collision between two helicopters killed two crew members.
A Greek and a Danish national died and two others were hospitalized following the collision on Sunday.
All four were private operators chartered by the Greek firefighting service.
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