Matt Lewis told Sky News how he was confronted by 'a combination between a towering inferno and the Titanic' as his family rushed to a beach to escape
"With my wife and two young children and without any other foreign aid, obviously it was a very different set of circumstances," he said.
The family were packed and ready to leave Rhodes on Saturday night when they realised their journey might not be straightforward."About three in the afternoon, things really started to turn," Mr Lewis said, with the fire growing"significantly bigger" in size compared to days earlier.
The hotel the family were staying in was designated as a rescue centre for other stranded holidaymakers, with around 1,000 people brought in. "At that point, we started to hear quite horrific stories, of women walking 8km or so in the scorching heat with babies strapped to their chest," he told Sky News.The family initially hoped to travel to the airport via coach but the roads leading to the airport were closed.
"At that point, I think we realised we were stuck and tried to rent a car to drive out ourselves and try to go south around the fires but that wasn't possible.
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