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 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 1,000 wildfires continue to burn across canada in the country s worst wildfire season on record. no deaths have been reported
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
are still burning across western canada as the country grapples with its worst wildfire season on record. in kelowna, british columbia, a team of 500 firefighters say the battle to take control of the blaze is far from over. the military has also been called in to help residents to safety. 18 bodies have been found in a national forest in greece, where wildfires have been burning for days. they were discovered in a region to the north east of the country with reports suggesting that the victims were migrants. our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. 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 have 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,
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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 s a well trodden route here for those who cross over from neighboring turkey, desperate to reach 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