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the foreign office says there are between 7,000 and 10,000 british tourists on the greek island of rhodes where wildfires have forced many people from their homes and hotels. they re being urged to take advice from tour companies about what to do, and holiday firms are sending planes to pick up those who may be stranded. some have had to sleep at the airport or in sports halls, conference centres and and even out on the street. and today there are evacuation orders in place because of spreading wildfires for parts of corfu and evia. zoe conway has the latest. the seaside resort of kiotari this morning on the south coast of rhodes. it was engulfed by fire on saturday. the flames, the smoke spread so quickly that people had to be evacuated from the beaches. we were trapped on the beach. we could see the fire. we could see the fire it was coming down. there was nowhere for us to go. the beach was a dead end, and the struggle to get on the boat, it was very, very traumatic

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