buildings like halls and schools. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. the budget airline, jet2, says it s cancelled all flights that were due to go to rhodes today. tuigroup says it s also cancelled flights to rhodes until tuesday night. thomas cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of rhodes until sistjuly. a spokesperson for the greek fire brigade gave an update on the evacuation of residents and toursists in rhodes. translation: according to initial estimates - by the greek police, the precautionary evacuation involved some 19,000 people. 16,000 of them were evacuated by ground means and 3,000 by watercraft. this was the largest safe transport operation for residents and tourists ever