By Helena Galaris

With the apology of former Mayor Rafina-Pikermi Evangelou Bouro The second instance trial for the deadly fire in Mati in July 2018 continued.

Mr Bournous, who expressed his deep pain for all those who lost their lives so unfairly, said in his apology that he had a double status: that of the victim and this defendant, since “my house burned down, My wife had burns and her parents stayed in the sea for five hours. “

Former Mayor Rafina-Pikermi said that when he was informed by a permanent employee that there was a fire over the artist, he sent three vehicles of the municipality and two aquifers followed from behind, while contacting the Vice-Mayor to ask him to ask him to ask him to ask him. However, he was in France.

“I decided to go alone to see because I was deeply worried about how the fire was evolving. I asked a businessman to send fifty coaches, to prepare municipal halls to be able to accommodate citizens. At the same time, I also take fellow mayors to ask for aquifers. All this without any fire brigade information, which never came until 2 in the morning. We did ourselves. The state came the next day, “Mr Bournous said

There were dead

Former Mayor Rafina – Pikermi said that they were aware of the dead from early on.

“I was the first to announce at 8pm that there were dead. I saw them. A journalist took me and said there are dead. When I went down to the port of Rafina, the dead came out. I mean in bags. The official state did not know about the dead by 23.00, “the defendant said, adding that the charges attributed to him do not fit him and his whose.

“Every day that passes I think if I could do something different even for my family. The answer is that I should do more for my family. If I could have ten firefighters and not five. The lack of shipment of forces is the cause of the disaster. When these are the results. “I am before you, fully aware that I have done my duty in full, both before and during and afterwards. I ask you to get rid of the set of categories. The self -government should not be the same states of these states. Local government cannot be in the dock every time because someone else is wrong. “