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Plaka Explosion: Who Were the Six Victims? Pregnant American Among the Dead as Investigation Focuses on Couple’s Apartment

ATHENS. New details have emerged about the six people killed in the deadly explosion and collapse of a building in Plaka, as investigators focus on the second-floor apartment where an elderly couple lived. Four of the six victims were American citizens staying in a short-term rental apartment on the first floor. They were Florida Hoxha, her 37-year-old husband, Ian Alexander Kirkpatrick, her brother Florin Hoxha and his wife, Erisa Cani. The two…

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The focus is now on the safety of the buildings around the site of the deadly explosion in Plaka, as inspections of the stability of neighboring buildings are expected to be intensified starting tomorrow, Monday, September 28. The powerful explosion on Lysikratous Street leveled the building, with a tragic death toll of six people. At the same time, it caused extensive damage to the adjacent building, as well as to other buildings, as the explos…

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The competent services are called upon to examine whether the damage caused by the shock wave has affected the stability of neighboring buildings and whether there are buildings that should be evacuated for safety reasons The post Explosion in Plaka: Relatives of the victims at the scene of the tragedy – Stability checks begin in the surrounding buildings appeared first on in.gr.

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After an explosion in the Greek capital, the six victims were identified. Four of them were apparently on vacation there and were just before they left for the USA.

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“I have never seen such an explosion before,” George Kalyvas, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Professionals of Combustion Installations, told ERTnews, commenting on the explosion in Plaka and the possibility that a natural gas leak preceded it. As he stated, according to the information that has come to the attention of the industry, there was a natural gas appliance installed on the second floor of the building, specifically a water …

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The two of them had been married 11 years ago and had fulfilled their wish for a house on the Acropolis. The article Plaka: This was the elderly couple on the 2nd floor - Under the microscope, the sequence of the tragedy appeared first on Documento.

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Enimerosi24 broke the news on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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