An expert report has revealed that 10 tons of flammable liquids were onboard f the freight train involved in the Tempi crash, causing the deaths of 30 passengers after the collision with a passenger train on February 28, 2023. This revelation further fuels allegations of a cover-up in Greece’s worst railway disaster.
Over the weekend, a heartbreaking audio recording was released to the media. Injured survivors of the Tempi train collision were desperate seeking help from the operator of emergency line <112> who was asking them where they were and what had happened. However, the poor souls were unable to give the needed information as they were experiencing an additional horror after the crash: feeling the flames from the explosion on their skin and suffocating from the smell of the burning flash of their co-passengers.
“Help!”, “We’ll die!” the crash survivors are heard in the audio recording to be screaming, while the voice of a passengers says “Marthi, I love you!” before it is silenced for ever.
The audio was released 691 days later, even thought some TV magazines claimed they had it long ago but would not dare to publish it.
The ongoing investigation into the tragic Tempi train collision of February 28, 2023, has taken a pivotal turn with the submission of a new report by an expert team hired by the families of the victims of the railway crash.
According to daily tovima.gr, led by Vasilis Kokotsakis, a seasoned expert in fire investigations, the team submitted their report to the appellate investigator in Larissa. The report sheds light on the causes of the disaster, which claimed 57 lives, and reveals new evidence challenging earlier narratives, including those put forth by the Greek government.
According to the findings, the deaths of 30 passengers occurred after the collision and were linked to the presence of large amounts of flammable liquids—not silicone oil from the trains’ transformers, as previously alleged.
Instead, the report identifies over 10 tons of aromatic hydrocarbons at the collision site, a conclusion supported by chemical analyses and advanced scientific methods. Crucially, the report correlates survivor audio recordings and video footage, highlighting harrowing cries for air and delayed deaths caused by the fire.
Adding to the gravity of these revelations is drone footage from the Fire Brigade, which captured unauthorized individuals—allegedly linked to implicated companies—at the wreckage site hours after the disaster. This raises serious concerns about potential evidence tampering, fueling calls for legal accountability and upgraded charges against key individuals.
The findings undermine earlier claims that silicone oil was the primary cause of the fire, instead pointing to systemic failures and significant mishandling of the investigation.
Nearly two years after the disaster, victims’ families continue their fight for justice and have repeatedly accused authorities of deliberate efforts to obscure the truth. In an effort to draw attention to their relentless demand for justice, the families of the victims have taken their case to the European Parliament in the past and even organized an emotive concert over the past summer in Greece.
The Tempi disaster remains Greece’s most devastating train accidents, exposing deep flaws in the country’s transport and safety infrastructure, tovima.gr stressed.
PS I don’t want to know how the parents, the friends, the families of the victims can go through life with the desperate voices of their loved ones in their heads.
JUSTICE should be served NOW!
Do you know if the 39 year old son of a senior judiciary member (involved with the damning report) has turned up – I think he visited his parents in Larissa for Christmas but “disappeared”?
no he hasn’t
Thanks.
It is heartbreaking. Terrible.
There is a big cover up going on because apparently these hydrocarbons were moved on the railroad without the proper permissions? Contaminated soil with the presence of human remains were excavated and disposed of somewhere else illegally. With that, the site became a crime scene, if it already wasn’t.
People should demand justice not only by asking for it but by pressuring authorities and everybody involved.
In Serbia, there was a tragic accident due to nepotism and kleptomania which killed 15 people. Ever since then, there have been big demonstrations as well as strikes.
People in Greece also need to put the pressure on or else nothing will change.