'My family with four kids was left running for our lives from the Rhodes fires – we waded neck-deep in water to escape'
"We just followed the crowds and walked into the night dragging our cases and my wife pushing a buggy. The kids were exhausted, upset and crying and there was hysteria, a sense of panic.
"We were among the last to leave and I had to wade into the water with the kids. I was up to my neck and had to help them climb the ladder," he recalls.Thousands of tourists have been forced to flee as the fires sweep RhodesCredit: Getty"The kids were wearing pyjamas and were crying and soaked, it was awful, they were scared, it was heartbreaking to see."
Are you in Rhodes right now? Tell us your story! Contact us at: [email protected] or [email protected] added: "It has been a nightmare, our holiday has been ruined and the kids traumatised.are talking about taking us back to the hotel, but there's no way the kids will want to go back there after what's happened, we want to get home."
Yiannis Artopios, a fire service spokesman, said: “The focus now is to contain two major fronts in the south and central part of the island. Londoner Ian Morrison was staying in the Kiotari area when he watched the sea become "black with soot" and ash fall on people's heads.: "Over the next few hours, the amount of people in that area just increased and increased.
“This is not a fire that will be over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” he added. “It’ll be troubling us for days.”battled three fronts on Sunday.
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