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Athens, Aug 22 (EFE).- Firefighters have found the charred bodies of at least 26 people, believed to be irregular migrants, in a forest in northeastern Greece near the border with Turkey. Rescue teams initially found 18 bodies, before a second group of eight people who perished in the fire in the Dadia national park were …

Eighteen bodies have been found in a forested area of northern Greece hit by wildfires for the past four days, the Greek fire service says. Initial reports suggest those who died may have been migrants. A coroner and investigation team are heading to the scene in the Dadia forest. The Evros region of north-eastern Greece, not far from the Turkish border, has been ravaged by fires. A hospital in the …

Officials said they were examining the possibility that the casualties were migrants who had entered the country from the nearby border with Turkey.

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece — Firefighters found the bodies of 18 people while scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeast Greece burning out of control for a fourth day Tuesday.

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.

Firefighters have been battling blazes across the Mediterranean nation for weeks. Extreme weather and gale-force winds have worsened the fires, authorities said.

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.