Woman, 85, dies in house fire in Sidirokastro, northern Greece
An 85-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in her home in Sidirokastro, in Greece's Serres region, before dawn on Friday, officials said.
An 85-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in her home in Sidirokastro, in the Serres region of northern Greece, in the early hours of Friday, Greek outlets Iefimerida, ERT News and Proto Thema reported. Firefighters found her unconscious in the house after putting out the blaze, and she was taken to hospital by an ambulance of Greece's National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAB), Iefimerida reported.
The fire broke out in the room where the woman was sleeping, in a single-family house in the municipality of Sintiki, ERT News said. Her 57-year-old son was also taken to hospital, suffering from breathing difficulties, according to the broadcaster. Neither outlet gave further detail on either person's condition, and no other residents were reported to have been in the house at the time.
Greece's Fire Service sent six firefighters with three vehicles from the Sidirokastro fire brigade to tackle the blaze, Iefimerida reported. The fire service's operations centre was notified of the fire at around 04:30 local time, and the cause had not been clarified by the time firefighters brought the blaze under control, Iefimerida said.
The fire service's Arson Crimes Investigation Unit for Serres has been assigned to establish the cause of the blaze, Iefimerida reported. No further details of the investigation, or of the condition of the woman's son, have been made public.
Sidirokastro lies in the Sintiki municipality, part of the Serres regional unit in Greece's Central Macedonia region, close to the border with Bulgaria, according to the same reports.
What we know
- An 85-year-old woman died after a house fire in Sidirokastro, in the Sintiki municipality of Serres, in the early hours of Friday.
- She was found unconscious by firefighters and taken to hospital by an EKAB ambulance, Iefimerida reported.
- The fire broke out in the room where she was sleeping, ERT News said.
- Her 57-year-old son was also hospitalised with breathing difficulties.
- Six firefighters and three vehicles from the Sidirokastro brigade responded; the fire service's Arson Crimes Investigation Unit for Serres is examining the cause.
Why it matters for Europe
The fire service's Arson Crimes Investigation Unit for Serres has been assigned to establish the cause, after firefighters found the woman unconscious in the room where she had been sleeping and took her son to hospital with breathing difficulties, according to Greek broadcaster ERT News. The fire service's operations centre was alerted at around 04:30, and the exact circumstances of how the blaze started remained unclear once it was brought under control. No details of the son's condition or of any further casualties have been released by authorities so far, and Iefimerida reported that investigators had not identified a cause by the time the fire was extinguished.
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Questions and answers
- Where did the fire happen?
- The fire broke out in a house in Sidirokastro, in the Sintiki municipality of Greece's Serres region, in the early hours of Friday.
- Was anyone else hurt?
- The woman's 57-year-old son was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties, ERT News reported.
- What caused the fire?
- The cause has not been established; Greece's fire service Arson Crimes Investigation Unit for Serres is examining it.
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