30,000 more Brits faces losing their holidays with many hotels in Rhodes set to closed for at least two weeks
Around 30,000 more Brits could face losing their holidays this summer with many hotels in smoldering Rhodes set to be closed for at least the next two weeks - as tourists were left stunned by an easyJet pilot telling them not to fly to the island.
According to MailOnline, families have been forced to flee their burning hotels and find room to sleep on the floor in the packed airport, schools and stadiums as they desperately try to catch flights home.
Those lucky enough to escape have spoken of the ‘chaos’ of their evacuations after large parts of the idyllic island were devastated by seven days of wildfires in what was described as a ‘Biblical catastrophe’ by a hotel manager.
The mass evacuation has gathered pace but at least 5,000 Brits still remain on the resort island and many have had to spend a third night in temporary shelters as they wait to be taken home.
Some resorts have suffered catastrophic damage from the destructive fires, raising major doubts over whether they will even be able to reopen at all this summer. The Times reports an estimated 30,000 Brits who have holidays booked to Rhodes in the next two weeks could be left in limbo as tour operators plan more cancellations.
Over the weekend, as the fires became progressively worse, around 19,000 people from homes and hotels were evacuated, many fleeing for their lives, leaving their belongings behind as they were chased by roaring flames and thick black smoke.
Lindos hotel manager Kyriakos Sarikas said: ‘It’s like a Biblical catastrophe. We need to have a plan going out of this crisis to restore the whole area.
