Two people have been confirmed dead after a plane fighting the wildfires in Greece crashed.

The defence ministry stated that two Greek air force pilots, identified as a 34-year-old Commander Christos Moulas and his 27-year-old co-pilot Pericles Stefanidis, were killed when their Canadair CL-215 plane crashed.

The accident occurred about 30 minutes from the town of Karystos on the island of Evia near Athens, where a fire has been burning for several days.

Local media reported the plane’s wing clipped a tree, with footage showing the small plane plummeting to the ground and exploding after dropping its cargo over the blaze.

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