Μake us preferred on Google Two firefighters were found unconscious on Saturday after part of the inside of an abandoned building collapsed while they were tackling a fire in Zefyri, a suburb of Athens, according to initial reports. A third firefighter was injured.
Ambulance crews from the National Emergency Aid Centre (EKAB) took the three men to Attikon Hospital.
The fire service was alerted at about 11:40 a.m. local time (0940 GMT) to a fire on Katsantoni Street. Twenty firefighters with six vehicles from three Athens fire stations were sent to the scene, along with a team from the 1st Special Disaster Response Unit (EMAK).
Initial reports say part of the building’s interior gave way while crews were fighting the fire, trapping three firefighters inside. Shortly afterwards, two of them were found unconscious.
Arson investigators from the fire service’s Athens crime unit went to the scene to gather evidence and find out what caused the fire.
Traffic police closed Therisou Street between Ethnikis Antistaseos and Ypsilantou streets while the operation continued.
