'The heat is chronic' says Dublin woman in Greece as Irish citizens caught up in Rhodes wildfires 

Clouds of smoke from a forest fire rise to the sky on the island of Rhodes on Saturday. Picture: Rhodes.Rodos via AP

A number of Irish citizens have contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) having been caught up in the raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Greece is currently mounting its biggest evacuation ever, moving thousands of people from villages and resorts on the island as wildfires rage for a sixth day.