ATHENS, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos was declared on Wednesday a state of emergency for four days as the Greek government rushed to provide shelter to thousands of people, after Moria, the country's largest refugee, migrant camp, was heavily damaged in a big fire.
"It seems that the blaze broke out on several fronts (late Tuesday and early Wednesday) as a result of the dismay of a few residents at Moria's reception center over the necessary quarantine imposed, since 35 cases of COVID-19 were traced after 1,900 tests were carried out in recent days," Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum George Koumoutsakos told a press briefing in Athens.
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