Lesvos: Immigrants clash and set fire to camp

During the fighting, as described ANA-MPA, refugees of various nationalities put fires and burned each other's tents in the hotspot of Moria. Eventually the fires spread outside the camp, burning dozens of acres of olive grove. Afterwards, hundreds of refugees and migrants fled, and around 7 pm the situation became uncontrollable.

Fires expanded, burning hundreds of small and large tents which were all hosting migrants and refugees. Mothers with babies, elderly people and children ran to escape.

According to the Athens News Agency, the Arabs headed for the city, but at the intersection of Panagiouda they were stopped by strong police forces. Africans moved towards Moria so that through the village they would head towards Mytilene. But at the entrance to Moria they were awaited by policemen with irate citizens forbidding their passage through the village, sending them back. Many of them then moved to Mytilene via the highway through Larssos, covering about 25 km.

Around midnight the fire went out and a first recording of losses notes that around about 60% of the facilities have been destroyed. Those refugees and immigrants that reentered the hot spot found only the skeletons of their tents coals, ashes and mud from the water used to put out the fire.