Child dies in fire in Greek migrant camp

A young child died Monday in a fire inan overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, fire department officials said.

The fire burned through two containers used as livingquarters by people in the Moria camp, as well as some tents, aspokespersonsaid.

"During the operation,a dead little girl was found," the fire department spokespersontold Reuters. The child was aged six orseven.

The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

Moria built to accommodate roughly 3,000 peoplehas about 19,400people in the camp and the surrounding area,living in crowded and filthyconditions.

Lesbos was on the front line of a massive movement ofrefugees and migrants to Europe in 2015 and 2016.

There was an upsurge in arrivals after Turkey announced onFeb. 28 it could no longer contain the large numbers of migrantsit hosts because of an anticipated surge of displaced personsfrom Syria.