A chilling video has gone viral in Greece, showing a local man who suddenly found himself in the middle of a huge wildfire that consumed his house and the wider vicinity in a matter of minutes.

The nail-biting footage shows a man who is frantically looking for an escape route after his home in Mati, Greece was surrounded by a raging wildfire. The owner of the house went outside to save his cat, local media reported, but the flames approached too fast due to wind gusts.

The fire that consumed the entire neighborhood in less than three minutes sounds eerie in the background, while the man tries to protect himself behind a wall. Fortunately, luck was on his side as the inferno passed him by.

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