A major repatriation effort is under way, with Jet2.com, easyJet and Tui so far maintaining their flying programmes to deploy support teams and bring stranded holidaymakers home.
Evacuation orders have also been issued in areas of Corfu and Evia. It follows a prolonged 40C+ heatwave across the Mediterranean, with the flames fanned in Rhodes by high winds.
Authorities in Greece have set up a crisis management unit, while the Foreign Office has issued new travel advice and pledged to support British visitors to affected areas. Abta has also set up an information portal.
