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Plaka Residents Flagged Risks Long Before Blast

One year before the explosion on Lysikratous Street, residents of Plaka – a popular district with tourists – warned authorities about potential emergencies, including fires caused by gas leaks, short circuits or other incidents, and requested a firefighting drill to identify gaps in emergency response.
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The document had been notified to the competent authorities.

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The tourists who lost their lives were due to depart Greece on Friday, shortly before the deadly explosion. . The article Plaka Tragedy: Residents Demand Gas Leak Checks a Year Before the Deadly Explosion appeared first on Documento.

A year before the deadly explosion on Lysikratous Street, members of the Plaka Residents' Movement had addressed an official document to the competent services, warning of possible dangers from a short circuit or gas leak.

The rescue operation in the rubble of the three-story building on Lysikratous Street, in Plaka, which collapsed after the powerful explosion that occurred on Friday morning, was completed in the most tragic way, and all six people who were missing were found dead. The investigations are now focused on completing the recovery and on the official identification of the […] The article Plaka: They requested checks with a written warning for a possib…

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Kathimerini English Edition broke the news in Athens, Greece on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
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