The fire service's operations centre was alerted at about 03:00 on Saturday, 17 October, to fumes from a container in a bin at Papaskrepa and Kondyli streets.
Fifteen firefighters with six vehicles from the 7th Fire Station, plus a special team from the 1st EMAK, carried out the retrieval.
The container was handed to a team of specialists, and the fire service has not yet disclosed what it contained.
At about 03:00 on Saturday, 17 October, the fire service's operations centre received reports of fumes coming from a container inside a rubbish bin at the junction of Papaskrepa and Kondyli streets in Agios Dimitrios, Attica. Residents alerted the authorities to smoke rising from the bin, one report says. Firefighters who reached the scene found a container bearing a name that corresponds to a hazardous material.
Firefighters pulled the container out of the bin following the required safety protocol and handed it to a specialist team for further handling. Fifteen firefighters with six vehicles from the 7th Fire Station took part, and a special team from the 1st EMAK assisted. The timing of each stage is shown below.
A team from the Environment and Spatial Planning Directorate of the Decentralised Administration of Attica was also mobilised. The fire service said the operation was completed late on Saturday morning. No further information about the exact contents of the container has been released.
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Fire crews were called to Agios Dimitrios in the early hours of Saturday, 17 October, over fumes from a container in a bin. The operation ended late that morning, and the contents remain unspecified.
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