Powerful blast rocks Athens suburb of Peristeri
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A powerful blast rattled residents in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Tuesday, causing significant damage but no injuries.
The explosion took place at around 5 a.m. outside a coffee shop on Sofokli Venizelou Street.
Police, firefighters and a bomb squad dispatched to the scene ascertained that the explosion was caused by a cluster of camping gas canisters and some kind of flammable liquid.
No one was injured in the explosion, though the damage it caused to the business was extensive.
