Powerful explosion at a gas conversion workshop in Larissa, injuries reported

A powerful explosion rocked the city of Larissa in Greece on Monday morning, where a workshop for fitting vehicles with gas systems, on Volos Road, was engulfed in flames. The incident happened shortly after 11:00, as onlarissa.gr reports, and the explosion was heard over a wide surrounding area.

According to workenter.gr’s reporting, the building was immediately engulfed in fire and the workshop was completely destroyed — the force of the explosion tore off awnings and glass shopfronts, while dense columns of black smoke rose from the building. The vehicles that were inside and outside the workshop’s premises were also damaged.

Fire service crews and EKAB ambulances arrived at the scene immediately. At least two people are reported injured, whose condition is not yet known, onlarissa.gr writes in the reporting also cited by healthstat.gr.

The causes of the explosion remain unknown and are being investigated by the competent authorities.