Rescuers searching through the rubble of a two-story house that collapsed after an explosion in Athens ’ historic Plaka district recovered six bodies on Saturday, authorities said.
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An explosion near the Acropolis in Greece injures at least 2 people and collapses a building
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Bodies of 6 people, including 4 Americans, recovered from collapsed building in Athens
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Explosion near Athens kills four American tourists
On Sept. 25, 2026, an explosion hit an old two-story building on Lysikratous Street in Athens’ Plaka near the Acropolis; collapse extent and injury counts differ across reports.
Several foreign tourists remain missing after an explosion brought down a building in Athens' tourist area of Plaka, with the city's mayor calling it an "incredible disaster."
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rescuers combing through the rubble of a building that collapsed in a blast in the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, recovered four unconscious people and searched for others, authorities said Saturday.
Four American tourists visiting Greece were among six people confirmed dead Saturday after a blast brought down the small Athens residential building they had been staying in near the Acropolis, officials said.<
ATHENS, Greece — Rescuers combing through the rubble of a building that collapsed in a blast in the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, recovered six bodies on Saturday, authorities said.
Rescuers searching through the rubble of a two-story house that collapsed after an explosion in Athens ’ historic Plaka district recovered six bodies on Saturday, authorities said.
The four Americans — two men and two women who were believed to be traveling as two couples — were staying in the two-story building in the historic Plaka neighborhood when the blast occurred Friday.
Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis. “I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of four American citizens in yesterday’s explosion in central Athens,” U.S.
A suspected gas leak caused an explosions that leveled a residential building in Athens' Plaka district near the Acropolis, killing four American tourists and two residents.
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