At fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday (13/11) at boats in Marina Zeas, the Mayor of Piraeus mentioned in his statement, Yannis Moralis. Mr. Moralis, after noting that the most important thing is that there were no victims, expressed his concern over the fact that this is the second time a similar incident has occurred within 1.5 years, stressing the need to safety rules should be considered.
«3:30 time, 4:00 than I was informed I. The fire started from a wooden boat. It was extended to others. Fortunately, the intervention of the Fire Department was quick. They put two or three boats out in the open, I think you can see them anyway or otherwise and now in the open, to be able to put out the fire.
This happened. Fortunately there are no casualties, that’s the most important thing. Divers have also gone down to the port of Zeas to see. You know, the port is managed by a private company, the port of Zea is granted. We are concerned that this is the second time it has happened in the last 1.5 years. We have to see it. Nevertheless, the pollution has come, because what interests us mainly, beyond human lives, is the contamination, either of the waters, or the gaseous pollutants. So this concerns Frall» he initially pointed out, speaking to Orange Press Agency. The Mayor pointed out that «we have good cooperation with Marina, however, I believe that the right things will be done. And beyond that, they have to look at the security issues themselves. I think there was too patrolthat’s why they found it quickly, they saw the smoke and they intervened quickly. However, since the marina is in the city, I think we should look a little furtherabove their Msgodmothers asfait’s enoughlet».
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