Two firefighters who were working to extinguish a fire that broke out in an abandoned building in Zefiri were pulled out unconscious.
The fire department crew that rushed to the scene was crushed when part of the building’s roof collapsed.
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The abandoned building is located on Katsanton Street. Twenty firefighters with six vehicles, as well as the 1st Special Rescue Unit (EMAK), rushed to the scene. Two mobile medical units and two EKAB ambulances are also on site.
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According to EKAB workers’ union president Georgios Mathiopoulos, ambulances are transporting two unconscious firefighters to Attiko Hospital, while, according to initial reports, a third firefighter is missing.
The Athens Investigative Unit for Arson Crimes has been mobilized to investigate the causes of the fire, while the operation remains underway at this time, with fire department personnel focusing on locating the third missing person,
Source: CNN.gr/Φωτογραφία via Protothema.gr
