The imposition of a fine of 10,000 euros and the temporary withdrawal for three monthsfrom 1-2-2024 to 30-4-2024, the Mechanical Engineer was decided by the Regional Unit of Serres, for the accident that occurred at the 9th Primary School of Serres in December 2022 and which resulted in the death of a student.

According to infonews24.gr the fine was imposed, for the provision of poor quality services, due to which an accident occurredwith the decision pointing out that the mechanical engineer as a person who had the right to combustion facilities-boilers, had the obligation, after the modification work he carried out in the school’s boiler room, to put the boiler into operation or re-operation, only when he had carried out all the necessary actions and had established that all the conditions for its safe operation are met or to carry out its complete Electrical and Mechanical isolation, so that it could not be put into operation before the completion of the tasks.

In the same decision it is stated that the mechanical engineer did not take the above actions and did not ensure the safe operation of the oil boiler which was in the boiler room, at the back of the covered courtyard at the 9th Primary School of Serres, when it was put into operation, it exploded, resulting in fatally wounding a minor student and injuring two other students who were courting him.