Victoria, who lives on the Greek island of Rhodes, told socialbites.ca that during the evacuation from the burning settlements, no one told tourists where to spend the night. According to him, in this regard, there was “real chaos” on the island: people slept on beaches and in stadiums.
“Of course there was panic among the tourists, because normally no one explains to the tourists where they are going, where they are being taken, where they will spend the night. As for the organization, everything is very complicated, the tourists were sent in some kind of open-top truck carrying food. Someone slept on the beach, someone slept in stadiums. Public transport stopped because everyone was carrying tourists. In general, there was real chaos. Fires broke out, there are frequent fires. “But this is the first time a fire has destroyed hotels,” he said.
A guide from Ilias, Rhodes, told socialbites.ca that the fire caused discomfort as people evacuated to safer places, locals offered to help tourists. According to him, it is difficult to extinguish the fire due to the hot and strong wind on the island.
“Yesterday, aid came to the island from some neighboring states. The fire is now under control. All necessary government came to the island to arrange the situation. Today is one of the hottest days of the year, the weather on the island is always windy and even now extremely hot – all this makes it difficult to put out the fire. Discomfort in the form of the movement of tourists and local residents from some areas, everything works as usual. Residents of the island of Rhodes are very worried about tourists, so they offer them all kinds of help with food, water and resettlement. Some of the tourists were put on ships, some of them were placed in indoor sports complexes with air conditioning, food is brought there periodically,” he said.
The severe forest fire, which started in the Greek island of Rhodes, in the center of the island and reached the coast in the southeast, continues in full force on the fifth day. In this context, 30 thousand people were evacuated from Kiotari and Lardos regions under fire threat. It is stated that the first buses carrying hundreds of tourists have already arrived in Lindos. They stayed in hotel rooms in the area.
Smoke from previous forest fires it could be It kills as many as 9,000 Americans a year.
Source: Gazeta
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