Rhodes: Returning holidaymakers describe wildfires ordealon July 23, 2023 at 3:45 pm

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Tourists returning to the UK from Rhodes describe people being covered in ash and still smelling of smoke.

The BBC has been speaking to people returning to Manchester Airport from Rhodes, where wildfires have been forcing tourists to leave their hotels.

Some said the smell of smoke from the fires was still clinging to their clothes, and others described people being covered in ash.

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