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A migrant looks the burned Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A major overnight fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp, that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman stands next to destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Refugees and migrants walk among destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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A fire is seen on shelters at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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Two young migrants sit next to the burned debris in the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A major overnight fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp, that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Migrants gather outside the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire there on September 9, 2020. / AFP / Manolis LAGOUTARIS
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TOPSHOT - Migrants walk inside the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire there on September 9, 2020. / AFP / Manolis LAGOUTARIS
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A child walks among destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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TOPSHOT - Children sit on the ground in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
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Fire fighters try to extinguish a blaze with a hose in the camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
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A man stands near destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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A man walks amid smoke inside the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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This picture taken on September 9, 2020 shows the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
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Migrants leave as a fire burns in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020. / AFP / Manolis LAGOUTARIS
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Migrants walk next to the burned debris in the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A major fire swept through a notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos early Wednesday, burning through container housing and leaving thousands of people in need of emergency shelter. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Refugees and migrants leave as fire burns at the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire Service officials say a large refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has been partially evacuated despite a COVID-19 lockdown after fires broke out at multiple points around the site early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)
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A destroyed self-made toilet following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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Two men walk amid smoke inside the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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Migrants walk inside the burnt Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020, after a major fire. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives early September 9, as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Anthi PAZIANOU
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Fire burns makeshift tents at the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire Service officials say a large refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has been partially evacuated despite a COVID-19 lockdown after fires broke out at multiple points around the site early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)
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A picture taken on September 9, 2020 shows the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
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A migrant carries her belongings following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Elias Marcou TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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A fire burns as a migrants walks at the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A major overnight fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp, that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks amid smoke inside the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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Migrants gather at the burned Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A major fire swept through a notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos early Wednesday, burning through container housing and leaving thousands of people in need of emergency shelter. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks carrying a plastic bag on his shoulder in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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People walk in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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A firefighting plane flies above destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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Children look at rubbles in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
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Refugees and migrants walk among destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria camp on the Island of Lesbos, Greece September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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A man carries his belongings walk in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
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Migrants leave the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire there on September 9, 2020. / AFP / Manolis LAGOUTARIS
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Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece's main migrant camp

Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece's main migrant camp

Thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless on Wednesday after a fire gutted Greece's largest migrant camp on Lesbos, plunging the island into crisis and sparking pledges of help from around Europe.
The blaze, which began hours after 35 people tested positive for coronavirus at the Moria camp, sent thousands fleeing for safety into surrounding olive groves -- but nobody was seriously hurt.