The fire is likely to be extinguished on Wednesday night (June 21, 2023).
Witness
Witnesses at the scene said the fire started with a violent explosion and shaking.
Gemma Hulbert, owner of a butcher shop near the blast site, said she was upstairs to buy something when the explosion happened.
“I heard a ‘boom’ … so I went downstairs and found my husband in shock dusting the cash register and I said, wait, “I thought there was a problem,” she said.
“So I went outside and saw a big fire and I said it couldn’t be. I called my daughter. She was crying. She was in shock.”
Famous Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gabras was among the witnesses at the scene.
“It was really loud and the house shook so much,” a 90-year-old man panicked told The Associated Press.
“We wondered what was going on. We thought it might be the (stormy) sky. This is no laughing matter,” he added.
