Chaos in Mytilene after the big fire that broke out in the camp of Moria in Lesvos, leaving 13 thousand refugees and immigrants on the streets. The island was declared a state of emergency after a meeting at the Maximos Palace, under the Prime Minister of the country.
According to the government spokesman, after the meeting it will be announced that no one who was inside the KYT will be able to leave the island. "By order of the Prime Minister, a delegation is going to the island with the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis, the Minister of Interior Takis Theodorikakos and the President of EODY Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, who after the on-site assessment of the situation will give a joint meeting in Mytilene. In the meantime, at one o'clock in the afternoon at the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the Deputy Minister George Koumoutsakos will inform the accredited journalists and foreign press correspondents. "
The fire that broke out around 12 midnight on Tuesday and all of it outside the KYT part has been completely destroyed, a large part of the inside KYT camp that continues to burn has been destroyed, while fears for the dead are also expressed.
The next morning he finds 13.000 people on the street, carrying what they managed to take with them. The picture of the next day is heartbreaking.
According to locals, the fire broke out when immigrants reacted to the news that 35 of them had tested positive for the coronavirus and should be isolated with their relatives.
Great damage was caused both in the area of KYT and in the informal camp that existed around it. As stated by the Secretary General of the Reception of Asylum Seekers of the Ministry of Immigration, Manos Logothetis, the disaster at the Moria Hospital is "rather total".
Due to the strong winds, the flames were transported very quickly inside the facilities of KYT, resulting in the whole area turning into a huge fire, burning everything and especially the containers and tents, where more than 13.000 refugees and migrants lived.
According to information, the fires broke out almost simultaneously and the situation worsened due to the very strong winds, which blow in the northeastern Aegean.
Source: www.alphanews
