UK sends rapid deployment team to Rhodes to help Britons leave

A man tries to extinguish a wildfire burning at Kiotari, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Lefteris Damianidis

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team of five ministry staff and four British Red Cross responders to Rhodes to support British nationals on the island, a government spokesperson said on Sunday.

"We are actively monitoring the fires in Rhodes and are in close contact with local authorities," the spokesperson said in a statement.