Two dead, 4 missing after explosion destroys building in Athens
Officials said the blast likely involved gas infrastructure, and rescuers recovered six bodies after searching the rubble with dogs and sensors.
- On Friday, a residential building collapsed in the Plaka district of Athens following an explosion, leaving two people dead and four missing.
- Athens Mayor Haris Doukas said the explosion was likely caused by a gas leak, describing it as "an incredible disaster."
- Some 30 rescuers and three sniffer dogs worked at the site, while officials determined two nearby buildings remained in a dangerous state.
- Officials confirmed an American couple died in the collapse near the Acropolis, which welcomed 4.6 million visitors last year.
- Residents in Plaka had previously warned the city about gas leak risks a year ago, urging fire drills to identify emergency plan weaknesses.
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The victims are four American tourists who were staying in a seasonal rental on the first floor of the building, and an elderly couple, consisting of a British and a Greek, who lived on the second floor, according to the public channel ERT. The small two-storey building collapsed on Friday morning around 07:30 (04H30 GMT), after a powerful explosion that rang in the Plaka district, one of the most touristic of the capital. The mayor of Athens, H…
After an explosion in the centre of Athens, six people are taken dead. Victims are said to be two residents and four tourists.
Greece: building collapses in the tourist center of Athens; six people were reported missing ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP Six people were found dead on Saturday (26) under the rubble of a building that collapsed after an explosion in Athens, Greece. According to Greek emergency services, the victims were missing since Friday (25), when the two-storey property collapsed in the historic center of the city. According to the public broadcaster ERT, the de…
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berlingske.dkFour American tourists, a British man and a Greek woman have died after a building collapsed in Athens.
Rescue teams have found two more bodies under the rubble of a building in central Athens that partially collapsed after an explosion yesterday morning, Greek Sky TV reported, quoted by BTA. Rescue operations continued all night. In the early hours of the morning, the body of a woman was removed from the building. Then, a man's body was reported to have been found. This morning, rescue teams found two more bodies. Now, authorities say, the bodies…
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The blast - near some of Athens' most visited sites including the Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus - damaged nearby houses, shops and cars and sent rubble and broken glass as far as three blocks away.
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