Greece reinforces firefighting forces as a massive wildfire in the northeast burns for a 13th day

By ELENA BECATOROS
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast as a massive blaze flared up again and burned for a 13th day. Authorities alerted residents of the fire area in northeast Greece to be on standby for possible evacuation. The fire that started Aug. 19 has decimated homes and vast tracts of forest in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region, near the border with Turkey.  Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the wildfires, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis implied that migrants might have caused the fire, either deliberately or through negligence. He didn’t provide evidence, but most of the 21 people killed in fires last week are believed to have been migrants.