Greece wildfires: Eighteen bodies found in Greek forest - BBC News

Initial reports suggest those who died in a national park in northern Greece may have been migrants.

42 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, DIMITRIS ALEXOUDIS/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Little was left of the village of Avantas on the northern outskirts of AlexandroupolisBy Kostas Koukoumakas near Athens & Paul Kirby in LondonBBC NewsEighteen 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 city of Alexandroupolis had to be evacuated.

Newborn babies and intensive care patients were among those moved overnight to a ferry at the port.