One person injured with burns and three rescued – Firefighters removed the residents of the apartment building door-to-door – The flames reached the 5th floor
Reporting: Makis Synodinos
The large fire that broke out in the early afternoon on Friday in a store located on 210 Acharnon Street was brought under control.
Strong fire brigades rushed to the scene, while explosions were constantly heard, as inside the store there were gas and propane cylinders.
18 firefighters rushed to the scene with 5 vehicles and a special ladder truck.
Because of the fire traffic was stopped in Acharnon in both streams, from the height of Agios Meletios to the height of Niobe towards the center.
Firefighters conducted a door-to-door check up to the 5th floor. One person suffered serious burns when the fire started.
One tenant was on the 4th floor and was brought down from his apartment by the stairwell, because there was a problem with the electric cables and they could not use the stairlift, while two others were freed by the firefighters.
Speaking on SKAI 100.3 radio, the representative of the Fire Department John Bakers stated how there is and an injured person bearing burns.
He also informed that the fire that broke out on the ground floor has moved up to the 5th floor of the apartment building, burning from awning to awning. He pointed out that the fire brigade has moved into the stairwell, evicting tenants door-to-door. The explosions at the site, as he said, are continuous and he called on citizens not to approach the site
Fire in a store on Acharnon Street in Athens. They undertake 18 #firefighters with 5 vehicles and a special ladder truck.
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