With wildfires raging for a seventh day on the Greek island of Rhodes, the country undertook one of the largest evacuations of its kind in the country’s history. In total, 19,000 people were forced to flee the fires, both by land and sea. Some of the boats that assisted were privately owned, like the Glass Bottom Boats that local resident Kostas Metullari. He told The World’s Carol Hills that he didn’t know what the future held for the island.
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