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24.07.2023 - 14:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman in Rhodes for her honeymoon has spoken of the traumatic moment she was forced to evacuate her hotel due to the huge wildfires spreading across the Greek island.
Claire Jones, 36, and her husband Paul, also 36, had to flee the Village Rhodes Beach Resort near Lardos by coach on Saturday.
The couple were taken to a beach where they were then placed on three different boats to escape from the flames.
Claire, from Leicestershire, said: "It was really quite traumatic driving to where we went because you could see everyone fleeing their hotels, and people were walking along the beaches, walking along the roads, and they had babies and small children.
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Before the coaches arrived, Claire recalled: “When we got to the car park and you could see the fires getting closer and closer and closer, and the coaches weren’t turning up […] that was really worrying. When we first got on the coach, that was the most scary, because I thought, if that wind blows towards us, that fire is going to hit this coach.”
Ms Jones added she and her husband are “very lucky” as they managed to flee to Faliraki in the north of the island, where they had planned to stay later in their trip.
Up to 10,000 Britons are estimated to be on Rhodes as repatriation flights to bring holidaymakers home continue.
Hundreds of holidaymakers have had to sleep in schools, airports and sports centres across the popular Greek island as they were evacuated from hotels.
Tui confirmed that holidaymakers returned to the UK on “three dedicated flights” overnight, with plans to bring more back “as soon as possible” in place.
Jet2 said a repatriation flight carrying 95 passengers landed at
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