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Natech Accident
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Natech Accident
2024/08/12
20:00
Wild Fire, Greece, 2024
Retail store with construction material, Greece
Published

Units Involved

  1. Building with construction material
    Storage: Other
    Retail store with construction materials, including flammable materials and colours, chemicals, and insulation materials.

Event Sequences

  1. Explosions and fire at a retail store
    1. Building with construction material
    Wildfires reached a retail store with flammable construction material, which resulted in powerful explosions and fire.
    Initiating EventCritical EventMajor Event
    Natural Hazard: Other
    Wildfire flames reached a retail store with flammable construction material.
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    Explosion: Other
    On 11/08/2024 at around 20:00, a sequence of powerful explosions were heard over a large area at the Vrilissia region, creating panic to the public in that area. According to witnesses, LPG cylinders were exploded from the retail store with flammable construction material.

    As a precaution measure, firefighters acting in the area had to evacuate.
    Fire: Other
    The retail store got into fire, emerging dense black smoke.

Weather Conditions

None
27 °C
13 m/s
Northeast
The above weather conditions were recorded at 21:00 (closer to the time of the explosions), including gusts at 23 km/h.

Emergency Response

Local fire fighting team
  • Off-site sheltering
  • Off-site evacuation
A warning message was issues to the residents in the town of Gerakas to evacuate the affected area and move either towards the centre of the Gerakas town or towards the Marathon avenue.
ID: 128, Created: Kyriaki GKOKTSI, 2025-01-28 15:22:05 – Last Updated: Kyriaki GKOKTSI, 2025-01-28 15:27:08

Attachments

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2.News article (in Greek)2.87MB
3.News article (in Greek)2.58MB
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