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“Search and evacuation operations at the train crash site continue and will continue throughout the night.

There are currently 72 firefighters with 24 vehicles, 3 brigades of the Special Disaster Response Squad and 2 brigades of the Special Forestry Squad, and the presence of the National Emergency Center continues.

The troops, having finished searching the first class carriage, the passenger train and the dining car, are now working in the first second class passenger carriage. Recall that the identification process in the dining car took place under extreme conditions of high pyrothermal load of about 1300 degrees Celsius, which made the corresponding process difficult.

At this time, the first train of the second car is lifted with the help of cranes so that the rescue teams can examine the entire width of the second car.

In addition, other crane vehicles are making efforts to remove two steam locomotives of a commercial train from the scene to facilitate search and evacuation efforts, as well as to clear the railroad track.

As a reminder, from the very first moment, the Special Human Loss Management Plan was activated by the Secretary General of Civil Protection.

At the same time, the first army and military units of Thessaly were put on alert in accordance with the protocol of combat readiness.

In addition, the IKAROS team of the Thessaly Regional Fire Department was activated with unmanned aerial vehicles for aerial surveillance and all Thessaly fire departments were placed on a general alert.

So far, 38 dead have been recovered. Of the 72 hospitalized passengers, 15 have been discharged, 57 passengers remain hospitalized, of which 6 are in the intensive care unit.

During the operation, 194 passengers were transported by 5 buses to Thessaloniki, by the 6th bus 20 passengers were transported to Larissa and 8 passengers were transported to Katerini.

I give the floor to the press secretary of the Greek police.

The process of identifying the victims, who were transferred to the Larisin General Hospital, is currently ongoing. For the biological identification process, 17 DNA samples have been taken from the bodies and 23 samples from the relatives of the passengers so far.

Also, from the accident site, the Greek police continue to collect personal belongings and luggage of passengers.

At the same time, under the supervision of a competent prosecutor, pre-investigation materials were collected from the Larisa station department, the scene of the incident and other places of interest.

Recall that the 59-year-old citizen of Larisa was detained by the traffic police, while the preliminary investigation continues.

70 police officers arrived at the scene and at the Larisa General Hospital.

Relatives of the dead and injured went to selected hotels.

Recall that in addition to psychologists who have been in the Larisinsk multidisciplinary hospital since the morning, a team of psychologists has been formed from the Psychosocial Support Hotline 10,306, which calls the relatives and families of victims and victims to provide assistance. them with psychological support and guidance.

Further updates will follow any development.”