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ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters found the bodies of 18 people while scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day Tuesday. Authorities were examining whether the group might have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border with Turkey. The discovery in the […]

European Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — 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. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis came as hundreds of firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the […]

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

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

Overnight, a massive wall of flames raced through forests toward Alexandroupolis. Flames turned the sky over the city red as choking smoke and swirling flecks of ash filled the air.

Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country from Turkey. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis comes as hundreds of firefighters battle dozens of wildfires across the country, fanned by gale-force winds. On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece. With their hot, dry summers, southern European countries ...

Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border from Turkey

The bodies were found near Alexandroupolis, which is located is near the border with Turkey and is along a route often taken by people fleeing poverty and conflict in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.