Five people are missing after a fire at a food processing plant in Greece.

Five people are missing as a result of a fire at a food processing plant in the Greek city of Trikala. This was reported by the Reuters news agency with reference to a representative of the fire service.

It is noted that there were 13 people at the enterprise during the fire, eight of them managed to leave the premises.

According to the agency, it has not yet been possible to determine the cause of the fire, but it was preceded by a strong explosion.

40 specialists and 13 fire trucks were sent to the scene, a fire department spokesman said.

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