French, Norwegian & Finnish firefighters arrive to assist Greek colleagues in fighting forest fires

French, Norwegian & Finnish firefighters arrive to assist Greek colleagues

Firefighters from France have arrived in Greece to assist their Greek colleagues in combating the numerous wild- and forest fires ravaging the country.

The French contingent of 25 firefighters will be stationed in Attica throughout August.

Twenty-seven firefighters from Norway and 48 from Finland are expected to arrive in the next few days.

The Norwegian team will be reportedly stationed in Tripoli, central Peloponnese.