Croatia wildfire: Video shows inferno on edge of tourist hotspot city of Dubrovnik
Watch: Wildfire breaks out near tourist hotspot Dubrovnik
A video shows the moment a blaze broke out in Croatia as wildfires continued to wreak havoc across southern Europe.
Firefighters battled flames spreading in Cavtat, south of Dubrovnik, late on Tuesday, with strong southerly winds preventing the deployment of aircraft.
Night footage showed fire and smoke rising from hills surrounding the coastal town, around 20 km (12.4 miles) from Dubrovnik.
About 130 firefighters from across the country battled the blazes throughout the night and managed to bring them under control, the fire service confirmed.
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The Croatian Firefighters Community (HVZ) said on its website: "At the moment, the buildings are not threatened.”
Meanwhile, another bushfire occurred in Croatia's Split-Dalmatian region on Tuesday, with 65 firefighters and three aircraft battling the flames.
Wildfires are continuing to cause disruption across southern Europe and North Africa, with blazes on the Greek mainland and islands of Corfu, Evia and Rhodes, as well as in Italy, Tunisia and Algeria.
Temperatures of over 40C have led to an outbreak of fires across islands in Greece, with the blaze in Rhodes causing more than 20,000 people to be evacuated.
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On Wednesday, Spain's Balearic islands became the latest area to be put on 'red alert' over the high risk of wildfires breaking out.
The alert comes as many Brits reconsider their travel plans and more flights are cancelled as a result of the fires.
As many as 10,000 Brits are estimated to be in Rhodes, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) said, with 30,000 due to head there in the next few weeks, according to The Times.
The UK government's travel advice to areas hit by fires includes ensuring the correct insurance is in place, and signing up for local emergency alerts.
The FCO has not advised Britons to avoid non-essential travel to the entire island, while some travel companies are continuing to fly holiday-makers to Rhodes as they claim the fires are not affecting the whole island.
Travel firm TUI has cancelled all flights to Rhodes up to Friday and is no longer booking package holidays until 11 August. It said it would still operate flights from Rhodes back to UK and Ireland as scheduled.
Tui added that all flight-only customers due to travel on the impacted flights would receive full refunds, and package holiday customers would have the option to amend their booking or cancel with a full refund.
Jet2 also confirmed on Tuesday that all flights and holidays to Rhodes remained cancelled up until Sunday.
