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Greece Wildfire: Tourists, Villages Move To Safer Places Amid Raging Rhodes Wildfire

Thousands of people, including tourists in resorts and residents of villages in the region, have either left for safer places or have been told to evacuate after wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes kept raging for the fifth day on Saturday. Firefighters, supported by air water bombers and reinforcements by Slovakia, have struggled with new outbreaks of the wildfire, which was fanned by strong winds, reported Reuters.

Greece Wildfires
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Thousands of people, including tourists in resorts and residents of villages in the region, have either left for safer places or have been told to evacuate after wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes kept raging for the fifth day on Saturday. Firefighters, supported by air water bombers and reinforcements by Slovakia, have struggled with new outbreaks of the wildfire, which was fanned by strong winds, reported Reuters.