The Greek fire service says they have found eighteen dead bodies in a forested part of northern Greece that has been affected by wildfires for the past four days.
Preliminary information indicates that the people who passed away could have been immigrants. A coroner and a team of investigators are going to the Dadia forest to look into something.
The area called Evros in northeastern Greece, which is close to the border with Turkey, has been badly damaged by fires.
Patients had to leave the hospital because the fires came close to Alexandroupolis.
The fire reached the area around the city’s hospital. Newborn babies and patients needing special care were moved to a boat at the city’s port.
Another person, who was also thought to be a migrant, had died earlier in a nearby village close to Alexandroupolis. The emergency services sent text messages to the surrounding areas, telling people to evacuate.
The Dadia national park is a big forested place north of Alexandroupolis, and fires have been spreading there quickly since Monday.
According to a spokesperson for the fire service named Yiannis Artopoios, they are looking into the possibility that the 18 people who were found dead on Tuesday might have entered Greece without permission because there were no reports of anyone missing.
The Evros region has become a common path for Syrian and Asian migrants to enter the European Union by crossing the River Evros from Turkey.
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Greece wildfires: 18 bodies discovered in Greek woodland
