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Thirteen detained after fire near second Greek camp
ATHENS, Sept 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Thirteen people have been detained on the
Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police
said Wednesday, days after another blaze destroyed Europe’s largest migrant
camp on Lesbos.
“We are examining the possible participation of these suspects in the
incident,” a Samos police source told AFP.
The officer declined to identify the nationalities of the suspects.
The fire broke out in a forested area near the Samos camp late on Tuesday,
but firefighters were able to place it under control.
The Lesbos fire at Moria camp on September 8 left over 12,000 asylum
seekers homeless. Police have arrested six migrants in connection with the
incident.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1236 hrs