Greece fires: Holidaymaker 'glad to be back' home in Leeds

By Pritti MistryA Leeds tourist who was holidaying in Rhodes has said he feared he was not "going to make it" home as wildfires spread across the Greek island.

Rescue efforts are taking place with Jet2 and easyJet planning repatriation flights on Monday and Tuesday. "When we were waiting for a bus to be taken back to the airport we didn't know if the bus transfers were being cancelled or whether we were going to make it, because the smoke was coming over the hill and everyone was worried about the smoke damage," he said.

Holidaymakers James McMahon and his wife Danielle, both from Bradford, commended teenagers for helping them as they were evacuated from the hotel they were staying at in Pefkos. "We got to the beach and the people from our hotel were generally fine and very calm, which I can only put down to the hotel staff knowing what they were doing and leading with authority."

They were then driven for 90 minutes to a college in Rhodes city centre where people were "sleeping on floors and on top of tables".

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