A brave Norfolk man spent eight hours rescuing people as the Greek island of Rhodes continued to be ravaged by wildfires.
Around 19,000 people have been evacuated from the popular holiday resort, which since the beginning of last week, has been engulfed by sweeping wildfires.
As the flames moved towards the coastal regions of the island on Saturday, Jonathan Lewis, from Attleborough, decided to help.
For the past week, Mr Lewis, who works for BE-GE Transport in Swaffham, has been holidaying with his family on the island.
On Saturday, thick plumes of grey smoke billowed from behind the mountain close to the resort Mr Lewis and his family were staying.
"People were saying 'it's only a bit of smoke' and not to worry," he said.
"But I thought it was more than just a little smoke. And I'm not much of a fan of sunbathing anyway, so I thought I would see if I could help."
Heading over the mountain towards Lardos in his rental car, Mr Lewis said it was like driving into "the end of the world".
"People were just standing in the middle of the road, not having a clue what was going on," he said.
"It was like a zombie apocalypse."
As Mr Lewis drove deeper into the smoke, he could make out beach bars engulfed in flame and more and more families moving away from hotels and bungalows which had been engulfed.
He stopped to pick up a fleeing family and drove them over the mountain to find refuge in a hotel.
"There were no rooms, but there were seats, phones, internet and power," Mr Lewis said.
"I saw some people getting their luggage and dropping it as they ran to the beach as the brush at the side caught fire."
Mr Lewis said he saw tourist boats back onto the shores to take people to safety.
"I picked up an Austrian man and he just burst into tears," said Mr Lewis.
"He told me he had put his wife and children on the boat as he watched it disappear into the smoke that sat on the surface."
Mr Lewis described the "incredible" heat, saying that his rental car's thermometer had climbed to 45 degrees.
"The cyclical wind fanned the flames and made the fire so much stronger," he said.
"It was absolute chaos."
After two hours of the ordeal, Mr Lewis said the army arrived.
"But nobody seemed to be in charge," he said.
"Buses were stopping and queuing a mile down the road from where all the people were.
"So I kept weaving through car parks, getting as many in the car as I could, taking them up the hill and going back.
"I just wanted to help people get out. It's common sense."
Between noon and 8pm on Saturday, Mr Lewis said he made six round trips, picking up people along the way.
"I'm glad I could help people," he said.
"I could see a catastrophe was unfolding only over the hill from where people were sunbathing blissfully unaware of what was happening."
At 1am on Sunday morning, Mr Lewis and his family were evacuated from their resort hotel.
However, they were luckily able to find a new hotel room for the rest of their stay.
Rhodes police said 16,000 have been evacuated by land and 3,000 by sea from 12 villages and several hotels.
Six people were briefly taken to hospital with respiratory problems and were later released.
Holiday firms, including Jet2 Holidays and Thomas Cook, have cancelled flights to Rhodes as the blaze continues to ravage the Greek island.
Meanwhile, fellow travel firm easyJet confirmed on Twitter that its flights would continue as normal.
British Airways said that, while it was still operating flights to the island, anyone due to fly there in the next week could postpone their trip free of charge, while those already there could fly back earlier.
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