Building partially collapses after explosion in central Athens, one person reportedly injured
- On Friday, September 25, 2026, a powerful explosion destroyed a two-storey residential building in Athens' historic Plaka district near the Acropolis, reducing the structure to twisted metal and rubble.
- Investigators are probing a suspected gas leak as the primary cause, following witness reports of a strong odor in the area shortly before 7:30 am when the blast occurred.
- A heavy deployment of 24 firefighters and specialized EMAK rescue units is searching for five missing individuals—including an elderly couple and tourists—using thermal cameras and sniffer dogs.
- The explosion's force shattered windows and hurled debris up to three blocks away, damaging shops and vehicles while injuring one passer-by and two women rescued from an adjacent building.
- Sunday services for the First Greek Evangelical Church will move outdoors due to structural damage, while Athens Mayor Haris Doukas coordinates site assessments with municipal services.
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In Busy Athens Tourist District, an 'Incredible Disaster'
An early-morning blast in one of Athens' busiest tourist zones has left six people dead and investigators searching for answers. Greek rescue crews on Saturday sweated the bodies of three men and three women from the rubble of a two-story building that collapsed after an explosion a day earlier in...
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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