Fire safety

Fire Service officials and employees of the Greek Railways Organization (OSE) have come up with worrying findings regarding fire safety in tunnels on the country's railway network, Kathimerini understands. 

47 reports of fires were received at the National Operations Center. 34 are currently active fires. The situation is under control in most of the places, there are no critical points. Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, director of the General Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population", stated this to journalists.

Big fire in the center of the capital. An emblematic building, a cultural monument, is burning at the crossroads of Hristo Botev and Todor Alexandrov Boulevards. The building used to be a cinema then turned into a disco. It has cultural signifance.

The area is smoky. 8 fire trucks put out the fire. According to eyewitnesses, 15 people who were homeless lived inside.

High temperatures, extreme drought and the human factor are the three main causes of wildfires, Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, Director of Fire Safety and Civil Protection, said at a press briefing, Focus News Agency reported.

The chimney of the Maritsa East 2 TPP is on fire, bTV announced.

Fire safety teams and the police are on-site. There is no information about injured people. According to preliminary information, the fire started after repair.

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Most hospitals in Greece are not adequately protected against fires, according to the national union of public hospital workers, POEDIN.
In a statement on Monday, POEDIN said that just 10 hospitals have fire safety certificates, and that even in those cases there are areas of the hospitals not covered by the safety certificates.

There is a destroyed warehouse after a fire of the Avanti trade company on Nikola Mushanov Blvd., in the Krasna Polyana district. The fire covered a decare and a half area. According to the Director of the General Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" Ch.

An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out at a hostel for the elderly in the Athens suburb of Kallithea on Saturday, resulting in the death of two women, aged 55 and 68. 

It remained unclear on Tuesday whether the facility, which has been in operation since the 1980s, had a valid fire safety certification. 

Warehouse for clothes is on fire in Sofia's suburb Kazichene. This was announced by the Ministry of Interior press center, according to bTV.

No injuries were reported due to the ignition of the warehouse.

Six Fire Safety and Population Protection teams work on extinguishing the fire.

There are currently no data for injured people.

At least 21 bars in Bulgaria are not meeting fire safety standards, which increases the likelihood for incidents of the scale of the recent Bucharest tragedy to occur in these drinking establishments.