European Canadair fleet insufficient says Musumeci

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 26 - Europe's fleet of Canadair fireflighting planes is insufficient and needs to be boosted, Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said Tuesday evening as firefighters continued to battle wildfires in several parts of southern Italy, especially Sicily.
    "I would like to make an appeal to Brussels, but we will formalise it tomorrow: Europe's Canadair fleet is absolutely insufficient," the minister told TG1 on Rai1.
    "We cannot plead for an amphibious aircraft to arrive every time. We need to strengthen the European fleet," he added.
    Wildfires were still burning on Wednesday morning in Sicily in the hills around Palermo and Catania and in Puglia around Vieste and in the Salento area. (ANSA).