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Hundreds of British holidaymakers flee for their lives – walking for MILES in 95F heat as wildfires ravage holiday isle of Rhodes: Tourists say they have been abandoned by holiday firms – and flights bringing people to the area will CONTINUE
- Videos have emerged of thousands of tourists forced to evacuate from resorts
- Fleeing tourists claim they have not heard from holiday companies
By STEWART CARR and SHARI MILLER and ARTHUR PARASHAR
PUBLISHED: 12:45 EDT, 22 July 2023 | UPDATED: 21:08 EDT, 22 July 2023
Holiday firms have been criticised for jetting in tourists to Rhodes today as the island buckles under its fifth day of wildfires, with thousands of people evacuated from beaches.
Desperate tourists have described feeling ‘abandoned’ by flight carriers as they shared harrowing stories of being forced to walk for miles to safety and rely on help from overburdened local authorities.
Panicked Brits say they have been left to fend for themselves after fleeing their burning hotel which felt ‘like a warzone’.