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Greece: Fire sweeps through refugee camp on virus lockdown

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 11:30 PM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos on Wednesday.

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