Greek firefighters have found the charred bodies of at least 26 peoplepossibly migrants in an irregular situation, in the forest of Dadia, in the northeast greece and close to the border with Türkiye.

At first, the charred bodies of 18 people were found, and shortly after the rescue teams found another group of eight people dead inside the Dadia National Park. Giannis Artopiosspokesman for the fire department, stated that the bodies were those of people who “they had probably entered irregularly” in the country after crossing the Evros river, on the border with Turkey, and died in the fires declared in the last hours.

The police have activated a victim recognition team and have begun to investigate what happened. “A control carried out by the firefighters in the area has allowed them to find 18 bodies near a shack. Since yesterday No disappearances were reported. the possibility that they have entered the country illegally is being investigated,” said arthopios about the discovery of the first 18 deceased.

Hours earlier, another charred corpse was found near that area that has not been identified and is also now suspected to be that of an immigrant in an irregular situation, bringing the number of bodies found today to 27. The Greek authorities fear that the number of people killed will increase in the coming days in the dense forest of Dadia, as it is a common transit area for those crossing from Turkey.

Several towns in the area have been evacuated due to the proximity of the flames, fueled by high temperatures, dryness and strong winds. Artopios explained to the press that since yesterday evacuation text messages had been sent to mobile devices in the areaalso to cell phones from foreign networks.

fires in greece

In Greece, at least eight large fires are burning in different parts of the country, the most serious being the one that started on Saturday near the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis. Dadia is north of that port city, from where this morning evacuated its main hospital due to the proximity of the flames.

Images of skies reddened by the flames, dense columns of smoke and a shower of ash due to the strong winds can be seen, the Greek media offer. A ferry from the port welcomed 90 of the 204 patients at the General Hospital while the rest have been transferred to other hospitals. According to state television ERT, some explosions in the hospital compound, probably due to the explosion of oxygen tanks and other devices.

The smoke clouds caused by the fire are of such a size that they can be recognized in satellite images and extend for hundreds of kilometers to the south of the country and the high temperaturesenvironmental dryness and winds, which increase the risk of fires, will persist in Greece until Friday, according to meteorological services.