Like a boat out of hell: Evacuated Greek locals watch in horror from safety of rescue ship as wildfires tear through their paradise island home of Evia

• More evacuation alerts were triggered this morning on island of Evia in Greece  while residents flee the area
• Footage shows flames raging on all side as evacuated locals watch in horror from inside a ship on Lake Evia 
• Fire began on August 3  and cut across the popular destination  while burning out of control

• Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange on Greece's second-largest island as wildfires continued to rip through forests. 

  More evacuation alerts were triggered this morning on Evia while residents appealed for additional firefighting help.

  Footage shows the blaze raging on as evacuated locals watch in horror from inside a ship on Lake Evia. Hordes of residents are seen standing inside the ferry as flames rage on from all sides.  a

  

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  Flames rage on near the village of Gouves on Evia island earlier today  

  

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  A ferry arrives with evacuees from the burning Evia island at Arkitsa port in mainland Greece

  

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  Evacuees are seen disembarking from a ferry which rescued them from Evia island as fires tear through it 

  

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  There were dramatic scenes as ferries evacuated 1,153 people from a seaside village and beaches on Evia after flames from a massive wildfire burning for days cut off all other means of escape.

  The fire on Evia, an island of forested mountains and canyons laced with small coves of crystalline water, began August 3 and cut across the popular summer destination from coast to coast while burning out of control for five days. 

  Scores of homes and businesses have been destroyed, and thousands of residents and vacationers were evacuated.