THESSALONIKI, Greece — Large sections of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki have been without water for a fifth day because of damage to an old pipeline, prompting a judicial investigation into the city’s state-owned water company. The centre and northwestern parts of Greece’s second-largest city have been without water since Tuesday, when a 40-year-old pipeline that brings water to the city from 50 kilometres (31 miles) away burst. A Thessaloniki prosecutor has ordered a wide-ranging investigation into the reasons why the aging main water pipe supplying the city burst last Tuesday, leaving thousands of people without water for days.
Water shortages caused by a burst pipe in Thessaloniki, Greece, enter a fifth day.