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The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, Spain and Italy as wildfires continue to rage in Europe

John Howlett, 59, and Karen Charter, 65, were forced to flee for their lives as they crammed their three dogs and five cats into the car and drove through a wall of flames from their home

TUI is set to resume flights and holidays to Rhodes this week after the wildfires no longer appear to be running out of control on the Greek island

Charlotte Harvey, from south Wales, has told how her family became separated during wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes and she had to walk with her disabled mum for "miles and miles" as people struggled to breathe

Rhodes has been at the centre of devastating wildfires that have swept across parts of the island, sending thousands fleeing for their lives

Mum-of-two Jaynina Andrews, 37, was in Lindos, Rhodes, with her family for her brother's wedding when they began smelling smoke and seeing thick black clouds while relaxing at the pool

Footage aired on Greek TV showed the moment the plane circled over forestry before slowly falling to the ground and bursting into flames as the country continues to battle fires amid a heatwave

It comes as Greece battles a third successive heatwave tearing through its islands, where temperatures have breached the lethal 40C mark for the eighth day

Brave sailors who saved stranded Brits from the recent wildfires have been praised as "true heroes" for showing a “Dunkirk spirit” as approximately 30 boats transported them to safety

Devastating wildfires in Greece have spread to a second island as Corfu is evacuated after the chaos on Rhodes - meanwhile EasyJet is putting on two repatriation flights as Tui cancels all outbound flights

Wildfires have raged in the region in recent days, with up to 10,000 British holidaymakers believed to be caught up in the chaos on the popular Greek island of Rhodes

Adrian Jordan told how he fled a hotel with his wife and daughter after the wildfire on Greece, Rhodes approached the building, leading some to be evacuated from the beach by boat

Wildfires on the Greek resort island of Rhodes forced more evacuations as strong winds and successive heat waves that left scrubland and forests tinder-dry fuelled three major fires raging elsewhere in Greece

Due to the fires in Greece, several airlines, including easyJet and package operator Tui, sent planes to Rhodes to evacuate tourists forced out of hotels

Greece wildfires affecting Rhodes and Corfu have seen the likes of TUI, easyJet, British Airways and Jet2 cancelling flights and holidays - but check your holiday booking for a crucial bit of information

Newly released maps have highlighted the areas of Greece most at risk from the vicious wildfires currently engulfing the country, as well as the locations still deemed safe

Ali and Paul Simpson, both 42, a couple from Canterbury in Kent, described dramatically escaping from flames and being rescued by the army as wildfires took hold in Rhodes, Greece

Greece wildfires in Rhodes have seen thousands of Brits being evacuated by the likes of TUI, Jet2 and easyJet but Ryanair says its schedule is operating as normal

Jet2 is set to send several planes to Rhodes to evacuate holidaymakers from the island to the UK after wildfires broke out in Greece, a company spokesperson has said

TUI has cancelled all its flights to Rhodes until at least Tuesday after days of raging wildfires, while the travel firm has told people due to stay at certain hotels in Corfu no to make the journey

The Travel Association - best known as ABTA - has told British holidaymakers with trips to Corfu, Rhodes and other Greek destinations this week what action to take

With up to 10,000 Brits initially thought to be stranded, EasyJet, TUI and Jet2 have now issued travel updates as wildfires are set to continue their rampage across more Greek islands

A British Foreign Office spokesman confirmed a Rapid Deployment Team had arrived on Rhodes to support travel operators in bringing Brits home but some flights were delayed on Sunday night

The Daily Mirror's Environment Editor, Nada Farhoud, says the climate crisis is made worse by wildfires, which ravage carbon-rich ecosystems, turning them into tinderboxes

Around 19,000 people have so far been evacuated as authorities launched the biggest rescue mission in Greece’s history - and with temperatures of 45C ­forecast, the situation could get even worse