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Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day found the bodies of 18 people, authorities said Tuesday. They were examining whether the group might have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border.

Greek firefighters found the bodies of 18 people in an area of northeastern Greece ravaged by a major wildfire burning for days, authorities said Tuesday.

Multiple wildfires burning in Europe’s second-worst year for wildfire damage on record

Another major blaze has been burning across Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands for a week, although no injuries or damage to homes was reported.

The remains of 18 people - suspected migrants who entered Greece through neighbouring Turkey - were found burned in the area of a major wildfire in Avanta, near the city of Alexandroupolis in Greece

Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires across the country amid gale-force winds

ROME, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 700 residents had to be evacuated as a vast wildfire scorched the Italian island of Elba late on Monday, authorities said. The blaze was contained on Tuesday.

Firefighters in Greece found 18 burnt bodies Tuesday, reportedly belonging to a group of migrants who had crossed into the Balkan nation's northeast from Turkey.

Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days.

Authorities evacuated 700 people from homes and a campsite on the Tuscan island of Elba after a fire broke out late Monday; In Rome, tourists and residents struggling with the heatwave flocked to the city’s ancient fountains to cool off. (Aug. 22)