Combustibility and flammability

An explosion occurred at the entrance of an apartment building in Glyfada early this morning, caused by small gas canisters left by unknown individuals.

The explosion happened around 2:45 AM when the canisters were placed at the entrance of the building by unidentified people.

Despite the well-established doctrine that "fires are extinguished in winter" - through prevention - its implementation has proven ineffective. Fire protection regulations for property owners turned out to be complex and costly. Municipalities undermined these very regulations, claiming they could neither enforce them nor collect the flammable materials.

Homes and businesses in Penteli, Vrilissia, and Chalandri were burned to the ground, where the fire fronts that have been burning northeastern Attica for a second day.

The forest areas that have been burned are huge, and the fire has even reached homes and businesses, irreparably destroying many human properties.

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Sometimes you do not need technocrats to study a bill to see if it will work. Common sense would have been enough to understand that, in addition to the clearing of the plots by landowners, a provision should also have been made for the collection of the resulting flammable materials. 

The hot, dry, windy conditions forecast for Thursday and Friday are conducive to a very high forest fire risk, according to a map drawn up by the Flame team of the National Observatory of Athens. Temperatures in many parts of the country will exceed 37 Celsius, reaching 40C in places, while strong winds will blow in eastern areas.

A badly burned body of woman was discovered on the island of Kythira, off the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese, on Thursday.

According to state broadcaster ERT, a lighter and a bottle with flammable liquid was found near the body, which has been identified by the woman's husband.

According to reports, the couple owned a souvenir shop on the island. 

A 45-year-old woman succumbed to extensive burn injuries on Monday, a week after being doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire by her husband.

On January 8, after an argument, the 53-year-old husband, who is Roma, set the woman on fire, reportedly in front of two of their children and her brother.

An apartment building in Palaio Faliro, southern Attica, was targeted on Sunday at dawn.

According to the police, unidentified persons placed gas canisters at the entrance of the apartment building at approximately 3.30 a.m.

The explosion blackened the building's entrance. The police found remains of flammable material containers at the scene. 

Police are investigating an attack with a homemade explosive device made of a plastic container and flammable liquid outside an apartment building in the district of Kypseli, central Athens, early Saturday morning.

The device went off at 5.20 a.m. at the entrance of the building located on Patriarchou Ieremia Street, police said.

A fiery explosion erupted on a container ship anchored in Dubai at one of the world's largest ports late on July 7, authorities said, sending tremors across the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, and it was unclear what triggered the blast.