Thousands of Britons have been rescued from fire-hit parts of the popular holiday island while others are having to cancel planned trips. As many as 10,000 Britons are estimated to be in Rhodes, the Foreign Office said, with 30,000 due to head there in the next few weeks, according to The Times. Repatriation flights continued to land in the UK on Tuesday after rescuing holidaymakers who had been sleeping in schools, sports centres and airports. Sarah George with her partner Dimitris Savvaidis (Sarah George/PA)She told PA: “Things were going beautifully and now this has all happened. The village of Gennadi on Rhodes (Petros Giannakouris/AP)The airline operated two repatriation flights from Rhodes to the UK on Tuesday on top of six regular flights that were already scheduled.

Source: The Times July 25, 2023 20:54 UTC