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Mílos - Greece - Europe
Added on the 02/08/2016 - Copyright : Be Web Factory
Images show an area near the village of Navi on the Greek island of Rhodes left charred by wildfires, which have raged around the country for weeks. Hundreds of firefighters backed by European Union reinforcements have been struggling to contain the flames on Rhodes, as well as on the islands of Corfu and Evia, in addition to a new front that erupted on July 26 in central Greece. IMAGES
Images show wildfire approaching Gennadi, a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. Wildfires continue to rage across the Mediterranean island for the eighth day in a row, as Greece battles with extreme temperatures and blazes across the country. Tens of thousands of people have already fled the island, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights IMAGES
Emergency services combat wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes. Tens of thousands of people have already fled blazes on the island, with many tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights. IMAGES
People who fled blazes observe the wildfire still burning in the distance, as night falls on the island Rhodes which remains at the highest level of fire alert, alongside Crete. Like every summer, Greece is plagued by forest fires, often deadly, ravaging tens of thousands of hectares of forest and vegetation. IMAGES
Authorities race to put out wildfires on Rhodes island, which forced thousands, including tourists, to flee. It is the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation, which left flights and holidays cancelled.
Wildfires that prompted thousands of tourists to flee continue to rage on the Greek island of Rhodes. Firefighters tackled blazes that erupted in peak tourism season, sparking the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation -- and leaving flights and holidays cancelled. IMAGES
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