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Authorities say Greek firefighters found the bodies of 18 people in an area of northeastern Greece ravaged by a major wildfire burning for days.

It comes as 18 burned bodies are found in another area pf the same region

The fire risk level for several regions, including the wider Athens area, was listed as ‘extreme’ for a second day on Tuesday.

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA -  Wildfires fanned by gale force winds in Greece killed one person in the northeastern region of Evros on Monday as authorities warned most regions faced a high risk of new blazes.

Fire burns on a hill near a hospital in Alexandroupolis in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, early Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Gale-force winds fanned the flames of wildfires across Greece,

Dozens of hospital patients were evacuated on to a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis on Tuesday as wildfires raged uncontrolled for a fourth day, the fire brigade said, Hundreds of firefighters have been struggling to contain the blaze that broke out near Alexandroupolis on Saturday and quickly spread, fanned by gale force winds, sending plumes of smoke above the city and turning the night sky bright red. One person has been killed.

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters struggled Tuesday to control major wildfires burning out of control for days in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, w...

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Hundreds of firefighters are struggling to control major wildfires burning out of control in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands

Greek media, without citing sources, said the bodies were thought to be of migrants. The broader Evros region is a popular route for migrants crossing the river by the same name from Turkey into Greece.