Tour operators flew home nearly 1,500 holidaymakers from the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday due to wildfires (July 24).
That's after over 19,000 people were forced to evacuate over the weekend - as flames reached coastal resorts on the island's southeast.
Some holidaymakers said they walked for miles in scorching heat to reach safety.
Many spent the night on the airport floor, waiting for repatriation flights mainly back to Britain, Germany and Italy.
"Well, close up it looked like hell on earth to be honest and you know, there was a lot of fire."
"It was really bad. We got out on Saturday night and it was carnage at the airport and then we got put in an evacuation centre in Rhodes island and then no real idea of what was going on, yeah so it was just carnage but at least we weren't actually near the worst bits. It was pretty terrible though."
A Greek official branded it the largest evacuation undertaken in the country.
A separate wildfire also forced evacuations from the island of Corfu.
Greece is often hit by wildfires during the summer months but climate change has led to more extreme heatwaves.
The latest bout of wildfires across southern Europe raises concerns that tourists will stay away.
Officials say there is a high risk of future fires in almost every region of the country.
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