Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes evacuated thousands of locals and tourists from villages in the southeast of the Aegean island, where wildfires were raging out of control for a fifth day. High winds and a nine-kilometer (six-mile) fire front running from the center of the island to its eastern beaches were creating extreme conditions, Vassilis Varthakogiannis told Skai TV. "This is not a fire that will be over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow," Varthakoyannis added. "It'll be troubling us for days." Another 1,200 people were expected to be evacuated from the villages of Pefki, Lindos and Kalathos, he added. "We had set up firebreaks around the village of Laerma ...
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