Safety · Athens
Electric scooters catch fire in abandoned Athens ground floor, two men lightly burned
A fire broke out on Thursday morning, 12 November 2026, in two electric scooters stored in an abandoned ground-floor space on Spyrou Trikoupi street in central Athens. Two men, aged 35 and 19, suffered minor burns to their upper limbs.
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In brief
A 35-year-old man and a 19-year-old man suffered minor burns to their upper limbs and were taken away by an EKAB ambulance before the fire crews arrived.
Firefighters put out the fire on Spyrou Trikoupi street after the operations centre was alerted at around 09:00 on Thursday, 12 November 2026, with six firefighters and two vehicles on site.
The Athens arson crime investigation unit is looking into what caused the fire in the two e-scooters.
The fire
A fire broke out on Thursday morning, 12 November 2026, in two electric scooters inside an abandoned ground-floor space on Spyrou Trikoupi street in central Athens. The Fire Service said its operations centre was alerted at around 09:00. The flames were extinguished immediately, and six firefighters with two vehicles were deployed to the site.
The injured
Two men, aged 35 and 19, were inside the premises when the fire started. Both suffered minor burns to their upper limbs. An EKAB ambulance took them away before the fire crews reached the scene.
The investigation
The Athens arson crime investigation unit has been assigned to examine the causes of the fire. No further details on the cause were given in the reports available at the time of publication.
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- in.grFire in electric scooters in an abandoned ground floor in AthensΦωτιά σε ηλεκτρικά πατίνια σε εγκαταλελειμμένο ισόγειο στην Αθήνα - Δύο τραυματίες · original in Greek
- H KαθημερινήFire in electric scooters in an abandoned ground floor in AthensΦωτιά σε ηλεκτρικά πατίνια σε εγκαταλελειμμένο ισόγειο στην Αθήνα - Δύο τραυματίες · original in Greek
- Η ΝαυτεμπορικήAthens: Fire in scooters in an abandoned ground floorΑθήνα: Φωτιά σε πατίνια σε εγκαταλελειμμένο ισόγειο - Δύο τραυματίες · original in Greek
- iefimerida.grElectric scooters caught fire in Exarcheia, two people with burnsΗλεκτρικά πατίνια έπιασαν φωτιά στα Εξάρχεια, δύο άτομα με εγκαύματα · original in Greek
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