[Cyprus Times] Syngrou opened to traffic after the explosion. We miraculously spared 100 dead, say the National Police (pics)

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Sygrou remains closed in both directions from the height of Franzis to Neos Kosmos Amalias and Filellinon closed The road must first be cleared of debris so that there is no danger for passing drivers and pedestrians Windows hanging in the void Investigations into the cause of the explosion Sources Police sources stress that we were lucky that today was a public and private sector holiday

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Frantic efforts were made by the Greek Police to open up Syngrou Avenue to traffic after the large explosion that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning and caused extensive damage. The road was opened to traffic at 21:00.

• Before the explosion in the Syngrou apartment there was a strong smell of gas. What the 78-year-old testified (pics-video)[/URL]
• The seismographs at Thiseio recorded the intensity of the explosion at Syngrou (pics)

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Late on Wednesday afternoon, the Minister of Civil Protection, Takis Theodoricakos with the head of the Greek Police, Lieutenant General Michael Karamalaki, were at the site of the explosion for an autopsy but also to give the necessary guidance to the crews.

At the same time, the Fire Brigade is conducting investigations, together with the Attica Gas Distribution Company, into the causes of the explosion. For the same purpose, two independent experts have been appointed.

The latest information from the investigations, according to the Attica Gas Distribution Company, overturns what we have known so far about the explosion. This is because the building at number 3 on Syngrou does not have a gas supply. Instead, the building at number 7 does. As it turns out, the shockwave from the explosion at 3 Syngrou caused a leak in the gas supply between numbers 5 and 7. Company technicians estimate that the explosion at number 3 was caused by a gas cylinder, which the 78-year-old injured man may have been using.

Sources in the National Police, commenting on the magnitude of the explosion, basically said that we were lucky that today was a public and private sector holiday. If the explosion had occurred during rush hour, we would have mourned more than 100 dead, they estimated.

"We were miraculously spared" they said.

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