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Heavy traffic was reported Thursday morning on Kifisos Avenue due to an accident near the Tris Gefyres area, causing delays from the KTEL bus station heading north.

Drivers are also facing southbound delays, particularly near Lenorman Street. Congestion is affecting Kareas, Kifissias Avenue and central Athens. Attiki Odos is seeing 15-minute delays.

According to information from protothema.gr, the incident began with reports of a shooting at the KTEL station, prompting a response from the Greek Police forces at the scene.

A fire broke out just before 4 p.m. on Thursday aboard an intercity KTEL Thessaloniki bus on the Halkidonas-Koufalion provincial road.

According to the available evidence, the fire appears to have begun in the vehicle's engine. Eight firefighters with four vehicles extinguished the fire.

According to reports, no passengers were injured in the incident

After the strike on Wednesday marking May 1, ferries resume services on Thursday as the mass exodus of people from Athens and other urban centers for the Easter holidays continues unabated since the beginning of the week.

Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested a couple for endangering their children after they were held briefly hostage by a dealer their father allegedly tried to rob during a drug buy.

A 27-year-old man has been hospitalized in critical condition after sustaining gunshot wounds late Thursday at the intercity bus (KTEL) central station on Kifissos Avenue in Athens.

A fire broke out on a long distance KTEL bus in the Magnesia region traveling the Athens-Thessaloniki route in the early hours of Sunday. 

All passengers were safely evacuated, and shortly after, they continued their journey on another bus that arrived for pick-up, as reported by state broadcaster ERT. 

Forty passengers travelling from the northern port city of Thessaloniki to the western town of Ioannina were left stranded in intense snowstorm on Friday evening after their long-distance KTEL bus broke down. 

Kifissos Avenue will shut down temporarily in the direction toward Piraeus on Thursday and Friday due to roadworks, Greek police said on Tuesday.

Traffic will shut down on the right-hand lane on Kifissos Avenue, 250 meters before the exit to Agias Annis Street and until the exit, at midnight through 6 a.m. on Thursday, and at 10 p.m. the same day through 6 a.m. on Friday.

Passengers are seen waiting to board an intercity bus (KTEL) at the central station on Kifissos Avenue in Athens on Saturday. August marks the peak season for Greeks' departure on summer vacations, heading to destinations both on the mainland and the country's islands.