In pictures: Residents and firefighters tackle blazes burning fields and houses

The two helicopters that crashed were working to tackle wildfires in Psatha, but blazes are affecting areas across Greece, including Kefalonia and Patras. A local resident (left) tries to extinguish fire that has broken out at his house in the Megara region, west of Athens He battles flames close to entering his home Firefighters drive a fire truck as they attempt to extinguish a wildfire in the Veniza area, west of Athens An excavator is used in the same area to try and tackle the flames