British tourists tell of ‘living nightmare’ as 19,000 evacuated in Rhodes fires

Travel companies cancel holidays to Greek island as holidaymakers describe scenes of chaos on beaches

British tourists said they had been left in a living nightmare" after wildfires caused the emergency evacuation of 19,000 people on the Greek island of Rhodes.

More than 3,000 people were rescued from beaches and another 16,000 taken to safety on land as flames intensified in the south-eastern region of the island on Saturday.