Lithuania will send a team of 25 firefighters to Greece to help combat forest fires, the government decided on Wednesday.
"As Greece faces rampant forest fires that require the international community's assistance, we are urgently sending a team of firefighters,” Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said in a statement.
Previously, Lithuania deployed an relief team and provided humanitarian aid to Turkey after it was hit by a massive earthquake in February.
Wildfires started around the Greek capital of Athens following days of scorching temperatures. Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes.
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