Hundreds of migrants left without shelter after Lesvos camp blaze

Tents and prefabricated homes went up in smoke at a refugee and migrant processing center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday night, leaving hundreds without shelter.

The fire forced the evacuation of the camp's estimated 4,000 residents, who ran into fields in the vicinity, tried to seek shelter in the nearby village of Moria - where, according to some reports, they were thwarted by disgruntled residents - and even trekked 25 kilometers to the island's capital of Mytilene.

Videos posted on social media on Monday night showed elderly men and women and families with children trying to flee the burning camp with little but the clothes on their backs, many squeezing through an opening in a fence as they scrambled to get away.

Authorities on the island said that the fire was most likely started by camp residents frustrated by cramped conditions and delays...