- Two people, a Greek and a Danish national, were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided while battling vast blazes tearing through an area west of Athens on Sunday.
- Footage of the collision shows two helicopters crossing paths at low altitude. The main rotor of the lower helicopter struck the underside of the other, causing it to crash, while the second helicopter was able to fly away and perform an emergency landing. Both people onboard the second helicopter, a Briton and a Greek, survived.
- Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his condolences over the deaths of a Danish pilot and Greek coordinator.
- Investigations into the helicopter crash are now underway, and no theories have yet been shared.
- Authorities are still looking into the cause of the fire in Attica, while several settlements on the island of Kefalonia were evacuated overnight after a fire broke out in the Pastra area in the south.
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