German firefighters from the state of Hesse are traveling via land to areas in Greece that have been hit by wildfires. They are expected to arrive on Thursday. “It’s the longest drive we’ve ever had,” Ralf Ackermann, the president of the Hesse Fire Brigade Association (LFV), told the Hessenschau TV news broadcast. The German state has sent 164 firefighters, paramedics and logistics specialists, along with and 27 vehicles, to Greece. Flames and smoke over the island of Euboea Special fire trucks suitable for difficult terrain are part of the deployment. “Because of the vegetation, the force of the fire is very different …
