Fire Destroys Overcrowded Greek Refugee Camp, Forces Thousands to Flee

Refugees and migrants carry their belongings as they flee a fire burning at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 9, 2020. Elias Marcou/Reuters

LESBOS, Greece—Thousands of migrants fled fires on Wednesday that tore through an overcrowded camp under coronavirus lockdown on Greece’s island of Lesbos.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called ministers to an emergency meeting but there were no immediate reports of casualties.