With their hot, dry summers, southern European countries are particularly prone to wildfires.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed sorrow at the deaths in a statement.
But the discovery of the 18 bodies triggered a backlash by some who accused migrants of starting fires. In the northeastern Evros border region, a fire was burning through forest in a protected national park, with satellite imagery showing smoke blanketing much of northern and western Greece. “We are mobilizing actually almost one-third of the aircraft we have in the rescEU fleet,” said EU spokesman Balazs Ujvari.
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