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Italy's firefighting planes return home after 'long, intense' summer
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What happenedAfter a gruelling summer fighting wildfires across a parched Europe, Italy's fleet of bright yellow and red Canadair planes has finally returned to a base near Rome.
The headline splitThe Local (Europe) frames it as "Italy's firefighting planes return home after 'long, intense' summer". Euronews frames it as "Italy's firefighting planes return home after summer battling blazes across Europe".
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Italy's firefighting planes return home after 'long, intense' summer
After a gruelling summer fighting wildfires across a parched Europe, Italy's fleet of bright yellow and red Canadair planes has finally returned to a base near Rome.
Italy's firefighting planes return home after summer battling blazes across Europe
Western Europe recorded its hottest summer on record, with some 540,000 hectares going up in smoke across the European Union between mid-June and early September.
