Greek firefighting helicopters in mid-air collision, four crew missing

Europe struggles with record-breaking summer heat as wildfires ravage Greece, France, and Spain, sparking evacuations.

A search-and-rescue operation for four pilots is underway in Greece after a mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters.

Television video showed one of the helicopters explode and plunge to the ground in flames after an apparent rotor collision.

They were in the Psatha area near Athens battling wildfires that have destroyed more than a hundred homes and forced evacuations across Greece.

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