Elevator

Burgas. Three workers have been injured in an elevator accident at an auto glass company, there is no threat to their lives, said the Burgas Regional Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior. The report about the incident was received around 08:58 am today.

A blackout that affected most of Attica on Wednesday was caused by a faulty switch that blew at a sub-station close to the capital, Greek power grid operator ADMIE said Thursday, after completing its investigation into the power cut that disrupted traffic and trapped dozens in elevators.

An employee of the Athens metro directs tourists outside central Syntagma station Wednesday afternoon after a power cut paralyzed parts of the metro system. The blackout, which started just after 2 p.m. and lasted for several hours, knocked out traffic lights in several parts of the capital, while the fire service received dozens of calls for help from people trapped in elevators.

The Environment and Energy Ministry said power has been restored in half the areas of the Greek capital affected by the blackout earlier on Wednesday, while the rest of the grid will be back in operation in the next couple of hours.

A 75-year-old man fell in a elevator shaft from the 4th floor of a block in the quarter of the Holy Trinity, the BNT reported. The signal was filed at 12.04 am for Emergency Assistance. The ambulance arrived in 6 minutes and took the victim to the emergency room of Pirogov. The state of the victim is stable at the moment. He has a broken leg and a fracture of the head.

We have always supported the construction of a second cabin lift. The lift is one of the most environmentally friendly modes of transport. This was said by Minister of Tourism Nikolina Ankelkova. In her words, the plan for Pirin National Park must be adopted in order to offer different investment intentions.

Four people were hurt on Friday when the cable of an elevator in Thessaloniki's AHEPA university hospital snapped, causing the elevator cabin to plunge two floors.

The staff who had been in the elevator at the time - two nurses, a stretcher-bearer and a medical technician - sustained minor injuries in the fall.

An elevator plunged three storeys down a tax office in Volos, in central Greece, sending three people to hospital, according to reports Monday.

Reports said seven people were on board when the accident took place.

The reason for the accident is unclear.

Two women aged 23 and 24 years old will be facing a prosecutor in Agrinio, central Greece, on Tuesday to answer to accusations that they mugged a 91-year-old man in an elevator.

"This is a normal emergency situation, with 161 elevators in the capital's metropolitan. Passengers do not have to influence the facilities because they are damaging them, "commented on the case of the failed elevator at Mladost 1 station eng. Roumen Stoyanov from Sofia Metropolitan, quoted by btv.