european soil. many who call this area home will have nothing left to come back to. this is an increasingly familiar picture in parts of europe, a postcard from summer in our time. wildfires are not new in greece, but scientists warn they are worsening with climate change. so, in avantas, the bells toll a warning residents must go while they still can. around a thousand wildfires continue to burn across canada in the country s worst wildfire season on record. no deaths have been reported but smoke blanketing the region has prompted air quality warnings. troops have been deployed to fight blazes in parts of the country that cover an area the size of greece. 50,000 people have been evacuated.
slowly and steadily saving all of them. some appeared stunned, landing in the crowd, a journey to school near tragedy now followed by people around the world, and relief at their safe return. caroline davies, bbc news, pakistan. the greek authorities say 18 people, thought to be migrants, have been killed in a wildfire in northeastern greece. their bodies were found in a forest not far from the turkish border. efforts are being made to try to identify them. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the turkish side of the border and has just sent this report. it is an inferno and it s leaving little in its wake. firemen have been battling the flames night and day, but the wildfires are spreading. they ve come bearing down on avantas, a village where local people are counting their losses.
translation: it has reached the entire village, our own house up there, where the fire started, has completely burned down. there is nothing. fire, only fire, that s what we could see. the wind was so strong. high winds and soaring temperatures have created a perfect storm, and beneath the smoke, a terrible discovery in the forest charred bodies of those who may have been seeking a better life. so far, they are unnamed, their stories unknown. translation: in the wildfire of alexandroupolis, - in an on site inspection by the fire department in the wider area of avantas, 18 bodies were found near a shack. the authorities believe the dead may have been migrants or refugees who entered greece illegally and were hiding out near a national park. there is a well trodden route here for those who cross over from neighbouring turkey, desperate to reach
the fires burning in the east. it s thought the charred remains found near the village of avantas are those of 18 migrants who crossed from turkey. in the worst hit areas, the evacuation continues. all available vehicles are being used to move those who can t move themselves. everyone in a hospital was shifted to a ferry in the port of alexandroupolis overnight. summerfires are common in greece, but unusually hot conditions and strong winds are making these annual events more deadly. robin brant, bbc news. a senior doctor who worked on the neonatal unit where lucy letby was a nurse has called for hospital managers to be made more accountable for the decisions they make at hospital trusts. dr stephen brearey first raised concerns about lucy letby in 2015. he said instead of acting on his warnings, he and his colleagues lives were made very difficult. it s also emerged the nursing regulatorfor the uk is looking into claims against lucy letby s former boss alison kelly.