Two detainees in the case of a fatal explosion in the boiler room of the 9th elementary school were released on the oral order of the prosecutor. Serronas a result of which an 11-year-old schoolboy died, two more (6 and 10 years old) were injured.

The two people detained at the vehicle border are a 52-year-old contractor who converted a heating burner to a ground source heat pump at the school in question, and a 43-year-old electrician, police said. .

The two people responsible for the project were asked to apologize to the investigation and, according to a police statement, the Serra Police Department filed charges against them for acts of murder, bodily harm (in a series) and an explosion. – all because of negligence.

Given that the expert opinion is being carried out as part of a preliminary investigation to fully investigate the causes of the explosion, the Serra Prosecutor’s Office will decide on their criminal responsibility when the expert opinion is completed and sent to court, while it is not excluded that other persons are included in its file depending on the results of the investigation.

What the mayor and principal said

The question arises how the two men ended up at the school to do work during its opening hours, which was not allowed by the contract they signed with the municipality, according to the mayor. Alexander Chrysafi.

OUR the mayor is talking to “K” directly accuses the school principal of negligence, as “the municipality has never been asked for permission to carry out technical work during school hours.” Mr. Chrysafis stresses that “the contractor cannot enter the school unless he is allowed by the director,” and adds that “the same contractor tried to enter the 12th school for work, but was not allowed to enter.”

Even if “technicians entered the school without permission, someone had to warn the municipality about their presence,” the mayor concludes. The project is expected to be handed over by the end of December, and, according to the mayor, the municipality will check the technical details in order to receive it. “There is a team from the municipality that takes over the technical projects and has the necessary knowledge,” he explains, emphasizing that the technical service of his municipality has the know-how.

For his part, school director Nikolaos Tsiotzios emphasizes that the technical specialists of the project “came and left as they pleased, without reporting.” He was not at school when the explosion happened – shortly after 2 p.m. – he finished his shift and returned home. The school worked full-time and the students were in the yard at that time. The day before yesterday, two men said they were making final adjustments to get the burner to work with the geothermal system, but apparently they forgot to disconnect the burner from the oil, causing the explosion. The circumstances that caused the accident will be investigated, as a criminal case has been initiated and transferred to the prosecutor’s office.

The problem of who controls what in schools is chronic and intractable. “The director, who does much more, must notify the municipality in writing. But how quickly will the municipality respond? And who checks that safety regulations are followed, such as if the emergency exit is open?” Dimitris Koutsomolis underlines the “K”., Secretary of the Association of Parents and Guardians of Egaleo. “There is no personnel management system, so no one keeps track of what is done and what is not done in each school,” he concludes.