A serious event occurred during the operation to extinguish a fire in an abandoned building in Zafir, in the municipality of Fil, Greece, on Saturday afternoon.

Two firefighters, 23 and 44, respectively, have lost their lives after a part of the building they were interfering with collapsed.

Another fireman was injured.

Authorities are investigating whether the two effectives lost their lives in asphyxia because of smoke and conditions within the building that was involved in flames or whether they were overwhelmed by the building materials that collapsed.

The fire broke out in an abandoned building on Katsanton street, in the municipality of Phil.

During the fire extinguisher operation, while firemen were interfering inside the abandoned building, part of it collapsed, causing alarm for the extraction of the blocked effecters.

One of the firemen was first released without signs of life and seized by an ambulance from the National Emergency Service ( ECAB), for transport to Atticon Hospital.

Another came out injured, while the first information suggested that a third fireman was also being sought.

Recent information confirms the deaths of two firefighters and another’s injury.

The causes of the fire, as well as the circumstances leading up to a section of the building, continue to be under investigation. /Telegraphy/