Dad ‘nervous’ for his daughters as they slept on Rhodes classroom ground
A dad says he was “scared for the safety of my daughters” amid chaotic scenes in Rhodes.
Steve Ferris and his household spent a “horrible” night time on the ground of a major faculty because of the affect the wildfires are having on the Greek island.
Ferris, of Cambridgeshire, says his household arrived on Saturday night time and have been left within the space by their coach. He says there was “utter confusion and chaos”.
He then anxiously lay awake whereas his household slept on mattresses on the ground of a classroom with 10 different folks, reports Sky News. He stated: “I worried for the safety of my two young girls, clearl.”
Ferris, whose youngest kids are 12 and 14, stated: “I felt very, very exposed and I don’t think, frankly, we should have taken off.”
He says that when their Tui flight departed, the captain introduced it was delayed as a result of they weren’t “completely sure it was safe to fly”. The dad says the corporate “clearly decided,” nevertheless that it was secure.
Having woken up in a faculty in Rhodes Town, the household determined to go to the resort they booked in Pefkos. However, Ferris says they arrived to search out no water or electrical energy.
He added: “This isn’t sustainable. We can’t be in a hotel with no running water – what might come next is pretty horrible thinking – people getting ill.”
Last night time, he stated, TUI despatched a message telling a number of the resort’s friends to evacuate. Ferris nevertheless, together with another friends, didn’t obtain the message.
A spokesperson for TUI UK and Ireland stated: “Our teams in Rhodes have been working tirelessly to support customers impacted by the wildfires in south-eastern parts of the island.
“We have now moved all clients who had been in evacuation centres to unaffected accommodations the place our reps are based mostly to take care of impacted friends.”
TUI will be in touch with customers if their hotels in the south have been impacted, the company said. It added: “The security and well-being of our clients and groups stays our prime precedence.”