Greece: Fierce fire broke out in many forests of Greece, tourists running to save their lives
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Firefighters are engaged to control the fire in the Rhodes forest and to evacuate people safely.
There is severe heat in Greece, due to which the forests here are coming in the grip of fire. Due to this people's life has become busy. The fire has taken such a severe form that all the residential areas have also come under the grip. Thousands of people have left the island of Rhodes. At the same time, tourists are running here and there to avoid the fire.
Fire in the forest of Corfu
Actually, these days more and more tourists come to visit Greece. In such a situation, the fire in the forest is becoming a problem for the people. As tourists from Rhodes were struggling to go home, another fire broke out in the meantime. A forest fire has been reported on the popular Greek island of Corfu.
People leaving their homes in large numbers
Firefighters are engaged to control the fire in the Rhodes forest and to evacuate people safely. Evacuation by land and sea continues. In such a situation, it is being said that this is the first time in Greece that such a large number of people have had to leave their homes due to forest fires. Let us tell you, Rhodes is considered to be the most popular place in Greece, where people from Britain, German and France come to spend their holidays.
Let's know what has happened with the fire in the forests of Greece so far-
Incidents of fire are also coming to the fore on other Greek islands. A forest fire has raged on Evia, Greece's second largest island off the east coast of central Greece.
Corfu, another favorite island for foreign tourists, was also battling its own wildfires.
According to media reports, people are being evacuated by sea to a safer place in the northeast of the island. Here six Coast Guard ships and seven private boats are engaged in this work. At the moment, 59 people were evacuated from the beach.
The fire has been burning in Rhodes for about a week. Winds gusting up to 49 kilometers (31 miles) per hour here are making it difficult to control the fire.
According to a Greek police officer, this is the biggest fire evacuation ever in Greece. 30,000 people at risk of forest fire have been evacuated to safer places.
Officials evacuated 16,000 people by land. At the same time, 3,000 people had to be evacuated by sea.
German travel giant Tui has suspended all its incoming passenger flights to Rhodes. However, it has been decided to send an empty plane to help in the safe evacuation of the tourists.
British carrier Jet2 has also canceled all flights to the island.
Officials warned it could take several days to bring the blaze under control. However, more than 260 fire brigade personnel are engaged to bring the blaze under control.
Croatia, France, Slovakia and Turkey are also helping to rescue people.
Greece's foreign ministry and embassies set up a station at Rhodes airport to help tourists.
