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Major airlines Jet2 and TUI cancel all flights to Rhodes as wildfires rage on

Up to 30,000 locals and tourists have been forced to evacuate danger zones on the Greek island.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 02:05:00

of the island. but we have all been aware that there s warnings and fines out there if you are leaving litter that could cause any spark or catch fire at all. and we all know, yeah, we ve been told, warned not to go out in the afternoon too much, that kind of thing. as we mentioned, many are trying to get to safer areas in greece, including foreign tourists. here s courtney bembridge with the details. rhodes is a popular destination at this time of year and the greek tourism minister keen to keep it that way, underlining that the island is almost operating as normal, and expecting that those disruptions will be limited in a few days, but we are hearing from a lot of passengers and people who are stuck there, and are experiencing disruption. we have spoken to some of the major tour operators here in the uk about what s happening with their plans, and let s

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 02:00:00

israel sees massive protests, ahead of a key vote onjudicial reform. and barbie can add another thing to her list of achievements, as the movie makes box office history. we begin in greece, where authorities have declared a state of emergency in southern rhodes, one of at least two greek islands where firefighters are battling wildfires. greek police say 19,000 people have now been evacuated from homes and hotels in rhodes, while new evacutation orders are in place tonight on the island of corfu. three hotels there have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. this is the damage at one hotel in the town of kiotari. and some fires are still burning these pictures have come into us from the turkish ministry of agriculture,

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no one wants repeated. tourists looking for a holiday escape flood their resorts in droves. as fires consumed buildings. please, please, this way! thousands were evacuated by land and sea as buildings were consumed by flames in southern rhodes. some hotels burned down altogether. we were really lucky, we got off the beach. but there were hundreds and literally thousands of people still on the beach and everybody was screaming, they were fighting. it was absolutely. it was like armageddon. they were in the sea, there was nowhere for them to go. we got to the car park where a lot of panicked people were waiting for buses. we were one of the lucky ones, we had a hire car so we could just go. we didn t have to wait for taxis or shuttle buses to get us out of the resort. a lot of people were there with wet t shirts, through their mouth trying to breathe more effectively, because the air by then was unbearable. so, we are one of.

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Greece Fires: Evacuations on Corfu, Rhodes, Evia; 82 fires on Sunday – BanksNews

Greece Fires: Evacuations on Corfu, Rhodes, Evia; 82 fires on Sunday – BanksNews
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