For another day it was continued yesterday morning by its participants Fire Department scan to point train accident in Tempe. They searched the wreckage and the ground for possible locations of missing persons or collected samples that could help in the process of biological identification through DNA tests. Some relatives were waiting for relevant information near the Larisa General Hospital with photographs of their loved ones who were on the train.

The fire department said in a statement that neither bottles nor fragments of LPG cylinders were found in the cars, nor in the wider area of ​​the accident, and the relevant information that has appeared recently is not true.

The Interpol Protocol for the Identification of Victims of Mass Disasters, which was put in place in Greece after the deadly fire in East Attica in 2018, was also applied in the case of the Tempi accident. Interpol does not consider visual identification to be a secure method of identification.

In Greece, as the head of the forensic service of Larisa Roubini Leontari pointed out to “K” and confirmed by her other colleagues, DNA identification is now carried out on the basis of the protocol.

After this method is completed, the bodies are handed over to the families. This is also the reason for involving the Greek Police Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVI) as well as the Police Criminal Investigation Directorate (DIE) in the victim identification process.

At yesterday’s briefing by the fire brigade and the police, it was found that it is wrong to add to the number of dead the number of persons recognized by relatives as missing. Police spokeswoman Constantina Dimoglidu explained that 56 relatives were missing after the accident.

Investigations at the scene found 57 bodies, followed by a process of identifying them through DNA testing. Ms. Dimoglidou said that all other work at the DIE labs has been halted so that testing of genetic material samples can be carried out as quickly as possible. Relevant analyzes, according to him, have been carried out around the clock in recent days. More than ten families were informed about the unpleasant findings yesterday by the head of the police identification group and psychologists.

Yesterday, the number of wounded who remained for treatment in the hospitals of Thessaloniki and Larisa exceeded 30 people. A total of seven patients were in intensive care units, of which four were at Larisa University Hospital.