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From night to Wednesday it burns intensely on the Greek island of Lesbos and, according to local media and posts on social media, it is, among other things, in the Moria asylum camp. People are now fleeing the camp.
Avisa Lesvos Post reported at midnight that there were fires in several places in Lesbos, in addition to a fire in the Moria camp.
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According to TV 2, there were also several shootings and riots in the camp.
– People are running away
Videos posted on Facebook by the Stand by Me Lesvos organization show that there are fires in various places and people are fleeing the camp. There are also reports of people preventing firefighters from entering to put out the fire, and of migrants and refugees who are denied access to a nearby village.
The game about Moria
So far the cause of the fire is unknown.
– The whole camp is on fire
Shirin Tinnesand works for Stand by Me Lesvos in Lesbos. Talk about chaotic conditions.
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– The whole camp is on fire. At half past ten they told me it was burning in five places. These fires have just spread. They are burning more all the time. It’s chaos, Tinnesand tells TV 2.
Quarantined
The AP news agency has spoken to the local fire service, which says several of the refugees have been evacuated from the camp.
Punished by the cheers of Moria
This weekend, the corona infection was first detected in the Moria camp on Lesbos, where extensive testing and infection tracking has now been implemented.
The overcrowded camp, which is home to about 13,000 people, was quarantined until September 15. Security personnel were only allowed entry after measuring body temperature.
Dagbladet is following the case.
