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Some sad news to report that Greek fires still going on they found 18 bodies


18 bodies found in Greek forest as wildfires ravage north of the country


Officials say the charred bodies were found in the Dadia forest in Evros, north-eastern Greece. A hospital in the port of Alexandroupolis was also evacuated on Monday night while firefighters continued to battle the flames on the island of Evia

The remains of eighteen people believed to be migrants, were found in a forested area of northern Greece on Tuesday.

Wildfires have raged for four straight days across the region and had already claimed the life of an undocumented migrant in the Dadia national park on Monday.

An elderly shepherd had also been found dead in the Boeotia region earlier Monday.


Dadia is one of the most important protected areas in Europe, offering an ideal habitat for rare birds and also home to the only breeding population of black vultures in the western Balkans.

It comes as patients at Alexandroupolis General Hospital were evacuated late on Monday night due to a large fire approaching the northeastern Greek city.






Preparations for a possible evacuation had been announced earlier by the Fire B







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