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Polish firefighters thanked for helping battle wildfires in France

25.10.2022 17:30
The French ambassador to Warsaw, Frédéric Billet, has met with Polish firefighters to thank them for helping battle wildfires in his country in the summer. 
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Poland in Augus sent around 50 fire engines with a total crew of nearly 150 to help combat wildfires raging in the south of France.

Poland has sent a team of 146 firefighters to help combat wildfires raging in the south of France. Poland in August sent a team of nearly 150 firefighters to help combat wildfires raging in the south of France. Photo: Poland's State Fire Service (PSP)/Twitter.com/KPPSPTarnowskie

“On behalf of my country and myself, I would like to sincerely thank you all for your enormous contribution to saving French soil from fires,” Billet said at the meeting in the French embassy in Warsaw on Monday.

He added: “Dear Polish firefighters, France is extremely grateful to you. We know now that we can count on Poland, just as Poland can count on us."

Radio Poland's Michał Owczarek has the story.

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