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Emergency services combat wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes. Tens of thousands of people have already fled blazes on the island, with many tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights. IMAGES
Authorities race to put out wildfires on Rhodes island, which forced thousands, including tourists, to flee. It is the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation, which left flights and holidays cancelled.
Wildfires that prompted thousands of tourists to flee continue to rage on the Greek island of Rhodes. Firefighters tackled blazes that erupted in peak tourism season, sparking the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation -- and leaving flights and holidays cancelled. IMAGES
Images show wildfire approaching Gennadi, a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. Wildfires continue to rage across the Mediterranean island for the eighth day in a row, as Greece battles with extreme temperatures and blazes across the country. Tens of thousands of people have already fled the island, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights IMAGES
Thousands of travellers have gathered at Rhodes international airport, hoping to leave the Greek island where firefighters have counted more than 46 new wildfires in the last 24 hours. According to the authorities, more than 30,000 people have had to flee the fires burning across the popular tourist destination in "the largest evacuation operation ever carried out in Greece", where temperatures have reached 45 degrees Celsius. IMAGES
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