The prime minister came under criticism during the wild fires of 2007 . With hundreds of thousands of acres burning and many deaths , the government had faced growing scrutiny for its response to the fires . In the days following the fires and the seeming lack of a substantial fire-fighting response adequate to stop the blazes , the government suggested the process was not natural and the work of arsonists
wild fires of 2007
2007 Greek forest fires
Kostas Karamanlis