An estimated 2,000 British tourists evacuated from hotels on Kos as fires create 'apocalyptic' conditions
Emergency services have ordered householders to evacuate from the Metohi area of western Chios, near Turkey, on Monday, telling them to head to the safety of a nearby beach as the fires approached. More than 140 firefighters, seven planes and three helicopters were involved in trying to tackle the blaze on Monday evening.
On Kos, further south in the Aegean, locals and visitors in the town of Kardamena were transferred to Antimachia as a precaution. People gather at a football field following evacuations prompted by fires around the island of Kos, Greece