2023-07-22 18:05:16
According to media reports, thousands of people have already been brought to safety because of a major fire on the Greek holiday island of Rhodes. The state broadcaster reported in a special on Saturday evening that 8,000 people had left the south of the island, which is popular with tourists, by land. The number might be even higher, it said.
A spokesman for the fire brigade had previously announced that 2,000 people had been brought to safety by boat from the coasts south of Lindos. How many people fled overland was not yet known from official sources on Saturday evening.
A large forest fire got out of control on Rhodes on Saturday. The flames reached the coast south of the popular archaeological site of Lindos in the followingnoon. There are dozens of hotels that are fully booked at this time of year.
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