RT by @eurireland: In response to today's request for assistance by #Portugal battling heavy #wildfires, we are mobilising the deployment of firefighting airplanes via the #EUCivilProtectionMechanism.

6️⃣ firefighting airplanes, including from #rescEU reserve, are on their way from 🇪🇸, 🇮🇹 and 🇨🇵.

[2024-09-16 12:50 UTC]