Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire raging in southern Greece for third day

The country has recently made big investments in extra water-bombing aircraft (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire for a third day that has killed two people and devastated a large forested area, prompting pledges of assistance from other European Union countries.

Three waterbombing aircraft from Italy and Croatia were due to arrive later on Tuesday after Greece requested help through the 27-country bloc’s emergency civil protection mechanism.