A man lost his life when his vehicle overturned and subsequently caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning on the Athens-Lamia National Highway, near Varibombi.

The vehicle overturned on the shoulder of the highway, near Gymnastiriou Street. The vehicle subsequently caught fire, trapping the driver inside.

Five fire trucks with 10 firefighters, volunteers, and an EKAB ambulance rushed to the scene to extricate the driver.

Ultimately, the driver was pulled from the vehicle, deceased.

The charred remains of a person were recovered during efforts to extinguish a #a fire in a passenger car on the service road of the Athens-Thessaloniki National Highway near Nea Erythraia, Attica. Ten #firefighters with five vehicles and volunteers responded.

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— Fire Department (@pyrosvestiki) June 27, 2026

Traffic was diverted at the scene.