Greece: Explosion rocks Athens | STERN.de

The debris gives an idea of ​​the force of the detonation. An explosion in central Athens severely damaged several buildings along a main thoroughfare. At least one person was injured. Andrea Syngrou Avenue connects the city center with the southern suburbs of the Greek capital. Christos Chalkias was in his taxi when the incident happened on Wednesday morning. “I was right across the street, it was intense, really intense, look at the buildings. The blast threw us two lanes to the right. Luckily we didn’t hit any other cars.” “I didn’t know what had happened. All of a sudden there was glass in the car, but I only saw later that it was coming from the outside. I was afraid for my passenger.” It took some time for numerous firefighters to bring a fire in one of the buildings that had broken out after the explosion under control, according to the fire brigade. It was initially unclear what triggered the explosion or fire, officials said.