The camp, already a bleak emblem of Europe’s migrant policy, was locked down after a coronavirus outbreak, prompting some asylum seekers to set fires that left thousands homeless.
Tag: Fires and Firefighters
Pandemic Collides With Europe’s Migrant Crisis to Set Off a Calamity in Greece
Frustrated asylum seekers lit fires this week in protest over lockdowns that worsened cramped and squalid conditions on Lesbos. Now 12,000 migrants are homeless.
The Fire Compounding Misery at the Lesbos Camp, in Photos
Thousands were displaced by fires at Europe’s largest refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this week.
Another Beirut Fire Breaks Out at Port
Orange flames and a plume of black smoke rose over the city, terrifying residents still recovering from last month’s explosion.
Paramedic Who Died in Beirut Explosion Is a Symbol of Lebanon’s Grief
Sahar Fares, 27, was planning her wedding. Instead, her family held her funeral after she died in the blast that tore through the city.
Volunteer Confesses to Starting Fire at Nantes Cathedral
French prosecutors have charged the man, a Rwandan refugee, with arson. He had been questioned and released earlier in the investigation.
‘Pure Instinct’: The Extraordinary Rescue of 2 French Boys From a Fire
The story of how two brothers, 10 and 3, were saved from a burning apartment: “There were maybe five or six of us,” said one of the rescuers. “We did not plan anything.”
Fire Hits Cathedral in French City of Nantes
The images of smoke pouring out of the Gothic building were a painful reminder of the fire that mauled Notre-Dame in Paris, but the authorities said the damage would not be as serious.
Burning Ships in Iran Add to String of Dozens of Explosions and Fires
Iranian officials say that some of the explosions at factories and military facilities, and some forest fires, may have been sabotage but blamed weather and accidents for the others.
Macron Drops Idea of a Modern Spire for Notre-Dame
The French president had floated the idea of replacing the fire-ravaged cathedral’s 19th-century spire with a “contemporary architectural gesture.” Few were in favor.