Raging wildfire spreads to second Greek holiday island as tourists told to evacuate
Other fleeing Brits have spent the night in makeshift camps across the island - with young kids forced to sleep on mattresses in classrooms and gyms.
British Embassy officials in Athens urged Brits to leave the area on Saturday evening - as holidays and flights to Rhodes continue to be cancelled.The British ambassador to Greece, Mathew Lodge, said the Foreign Office had sent a "rapid deployment team" to help UK tourists who were among thousands forced to run for their lives.
Over 250 firefighters, backed by aircraft water-bombers and reinforcements from Slovakia, battled three fronts on Sunday in the biggest blaze Greece has ever seen.
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