What I suggest to everyone is to keep the windows and doors closed today and not because there is combustion, but because in such an event there is contamination from combustion particles. The burning of the materials in such a plant causes toxic gases, which are quite harmful for the respiratory system and for the skin,” Demosthenis Sarigiannis, professor of Environmental Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, told ERTNews.

“All these substances to a large extent have carcinogenic properties and will have a burden. We will have to wear a mask and I would say that we will have to stop the inflow of outside air indoors. However, it is important that the Municipality of Kifissia, in addition to urban protection, to intervene in the sense of cleaning the dust, particles by washing the streets with the water trucks of the Municipality, so that there is no possibility of recharging the particles as the day moves and there will be more vehicle traffic, “added the professor.

Finally, he stressed that “it is obvious that children should not play in the area today and if they go outside, they should not put their hand in their mouths.”