Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery
06. February 2011. | 10:26
Source: ANA
A fire broke out at 15:30 on Saturday in the Monastery of Agios Panteleimonas, also known as the 'Russian Monastery', in the semi-autonomous monastic community on the Mount Athos peninsula.
A fire broke out at 15:30 on Saturday in the Monastery of Agios Panteleimonas, also known as the 'Russian Monastery', in the semi-autonomous monastic community on the Mount Athos peninsula.
Authorities said that neither human lives nor the monastery church were at risk.
According to information given to the ANA-MPA by the Mount Athos fire brigade, the fire began in the wing containing the monks' cells and there are currently six fire engines and 12 firemen fighting the blaze.
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