18 migrants dead in fires in Greece

According to information from the local fire service, the dead are believed to be illegal migrants.

The bodies were found near the Dadìa National Park, a region bordering Turkey where many migrants congregate, according to a fire service spokesman Yiannis Artopios.

The village of Avantas is located 10 kilometers north of the fire-ravaged port city of Alexandroupoli, where large fires are raging for the fourth day in a row.

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