Last Saturday 28 May, a fire broke out in the Mavrovouni camp in Lesvos. It was quickly brought under control by the fire service and fortunately no one was injured!
The origin of the fire we have been informed was an electrical fault of which the infrastructure to the bigh rub halls were not designed to support and the Greek summer heat does not help. One large Rub hall was totally destroyed and another partially damaged. Dozens of men who lived in these tents lost all their belongings in the flames.
This unfortunate incident shows us that the people living in the camp are exposed to permanent insecurity, especially with the high summer heat. Our thoughts go out to the victims of this incident!
