A couple from London were able to escape Rhodes but say travel agents were 'nowhere to be seen'.
Rachel, who did not want to give her surname, told the BBC: "We arrived in Rhodes last Monday and knew about the forest fires as soon as we got there as we could see smoke in the distance from our resort."On Saturday the wind changed and we started seeing thick black smoke move towards us, we could smell sulphur in the air and the sky looked like it was on fire.
The couple said they tried to contact Jet2, but they were "nowhere to be found" and large numbers of people in the hotel were left "with no idea what was going on". Their advice to other holidaymakers is to "not go to the airport but instead get on any of the almost empty ferries that depart every few hours from Rhodes town port".
"The experts don't seem to be able to work this out. All we've had is a phone call 24 hours after we made our escape from the travel agents," the couple said.
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