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1,000s flee fire at migrant camp on virus lockdown in Greece

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 8:27 PM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of migrants fled a camp under COVID-19 lockdown after multiple fires gutted much of the site on the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities said early Wednesday.

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