ATHENS
A firefighting plane crashed on the Greek island of Zakynthos on Sunday while it was responding to a fire there, authorities said.
The Fire Service said the pilot of the airplane, picked up by another firefighting aircraft on the island of Ionian, survived.
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The aircraft was responding to a small-scale fire in the Lagopodo-Macherado area.
Greece has been fighting wildfires for six days with thousands of people have been evacuated so far.
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