A man living in Mandra, southeastern Greece, is furious with the government's response to wildfires raging through his local area.

Footage captured on July 19 shows smoke billowing into the air as multiple wildfires burn in the distance.

The filmer, known as @koutsov11 on Twitter, said: "The point is the government have left us to burn without sending any major firefighter numbers and the aerial support from the fire department is only two small helicopters for approximately 20-30 km of burning land.

"It’s the third day that the fire is burning and its distance from our town is between 1.5-4 km. Houses have already burned to a crisp while a major part of our forest turned into ashes.

"I just want to raise awareness, major forest land is burning throughout Greece and the government just doesn’t care."

Temperatures have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius in periods this week as southern Europe is scorched by a heatwave.

The point is The government have left us to burn without sending any major firefighter numbers and the aerial support from the fire department is only 2 small helicopters for approximately 20-30 km of burning land. It’s the 3rd day that the fire is burning and it’s distance from our town is between 1.5-4 km. Houses have already burned to a crisp while a major part of our forest turned into ashes.


The video shows multiple fire burning through the forest of Mandra, West Attica region.
The point is The government have left us to burn without sending any major firefighter numbers and the aerial support from the fire department is only 2 small helicopters for approximately 20-30 km of burning land
I just want to raise awareness , major forest land is burning throughout Greece and the government just doesn’t care

Resident furious at government