19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes

ATHENS, Greece — Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday.

The Ministry of Climate Change and Civil Protection said it was "the largest evacuation

Rhodes wildfires are 'like a biblical catastrophe'

The young woman stares at a charred beach umbrella lying in the sand and sighs.

"For the tourists, it was a really terrifying and bad experience, but for us, it's worse because we live here. Everything is burned."

Edisa, aged 19, who lives in Lindos with her parents on the south-east coast of Rhodes, was caught up in the wildfires that have ravaged the Greek island.