- Title: Two dead, two injured after fire breaks out at Greek migrant camp
- Date: 25th November 2016
- Summary: LESBOS, GREECE (NOVEMBER 25, 2016) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) CLOUD OF SMOKE RISING FROM MIGRANT TENTS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AT MORIA MIGRANT CAMP MIGRANT TENTS BURNING / SMOKE RISING FROM CAMP FIRE BURNING MIGRANTS' BELONGINGS AND FURNITURE ON THE GROUND AS SEEN THROUGH WIRE FENCE FIRE BURNING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO CAMP EXTERIOR WALL SMOKE RISING FROM BURNED TENTS AND DEBRIS ON THE GROUND / MIGRANT REMOVING MATTRESS FROM A TENT THAT ESCAPED THE FIRE MIGRANTS WALKING INSIDE CAMP, SOME CARRYING BAGS WITH THEIR BELONGINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) FIRE-FIGHTER, MARIOS APOSTOLIDIS, SAYING: "We managed to contain the fires at the tents and containers where they started despite the difficulties and the general panic that ensued as the people here were trying to flee (the camp)." SMOKE RISING FROM BURNED OBJECTS INSIDE HALF BURNED TENT DEBRIS FROM FIRE INSIDE TENT MIGRANTS STANDING OUTSIDE CAMP ENTRANCE / ANOTHER MIGRANT WALKING AWAY MIGRANTS WRAPPED IN BLANKETS SITTING ON THE GROUND / OTHERS STANDING OR WALKING AROUND TENTS THEY SET ON A FIELD OUTSIDE THE CAMP BURNED UNHCR TENT AID WORKERS AND MIGRANTS COVERING WOMAN LYING ON THE GROUND WITH THERMAL BLANKET MIGRANTS CARRYING BAGS WITH THEIR BELONGINGS AND BLANKETS MIGRANTS CARRYING BELONGINGS TOWARDS TENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MALE MIGRANT FROM THE MORIA CAMP, SAYING: "They don't - they never care about all the refugees. They think that we are no human beings, we are something like animals. But we are not animals, we are human beings. We say it's Europe, why in Europe there is no human right? You people say United Nations, United Nations has human right but we don't see any human rights here. We don't see any freedom, we don't see any democracy here." WOMAN COVERED WITH BLANKETS AND LYING ON PLASTIC CHAIRS AT A FIELD RECEIVING INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
- Embargoed: 10th December 2016 09:07
- Keywords: Greece Lesbos migrants refugees camp fire dead injured
- Location: LESBOS, GREECE
- City: LESBOS, GREECE
- Country: Greece
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00159XZQYV
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Two people were killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos late on Thursday (November 24), a police official told Reuters.
The official said that a 66-year old woman and a 6-year old child were killed when a tent caught fire in the camp of Moria. Two other people were seriously injured.
Police and the fire brigade were investigating the scene, a government official said adding that according to initial evidence the fire was probably caused by accident.
The fire brigade said the fire started at 2220 local time (2020 GMT) after a gas canister used for cooking exploded in a tent in the camp of Moria.
At least seven tents were burned while other tents as well as three container cabins holding medical supplies, clothes and documents were damaged, a police official said.
Clashes broke out following the incident between dozens of migrants and police, both officials said. The government official said they were brief.
"They don't - they never care about all the refugees. They think that we are no human beings, we are something like animals. But we are not animals, we are human beings. We say it's Europe, why in Europe there is no human right? You people say United Nations, United Nations has human right but we don't see any human rights here," said one migrant at the scene.
More than 6,000 migrants and refugees are stranded on the island of Lesbos, twice the capacity of state facilities.
Tensions have boiled over at overcrowded camps in the country, which is also struggling to emerge from a debt crisis, as the slow processing of asylum requests adds to frustration over living conditions.
Under a European Union deal with Turkey, migrants and refugees arriving after March 20 are to be held in centres set up on five Aegean islands, including Lesbos, and sent back if their asylum applications are not accepted. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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