‘Israel has much to learn about controlling fires’ - Jerusalem Post
“I was in the helicopter yesterday and I saw how much damage there was on the ground, and I don’t think anyone could have handled this on their own,” said Col. Stefan Balsiger, commander of the Swiss delegation, which numbered 35 and brought with it three Cougar helicopters. “You need friends to fight a… disaster like this.”
Spanish High Officer Roberto de Domingo, who arrived with five aircraft and 22 firefighters, echoed British, Swiss, and French firefighters who said they had never before seen a fire of this magnitude, saying no amount of preparation could have averted this disaster. “These things you can only learn after you’ve suffered them,” de Domingo said.
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Spanish firefighter de Domingo agreed.
“This is the part that really makes me so happy,” he said. “To know people are capable of working together happily, putting aside color and ideology. It’s something you wouldn’t expect to happen in this reality.”