Six people including four tourists were missing after a building collapsed following an explosion early Friday in Athens' historic Plaka district that was probably due to a huge gas leak. The Plaka ...

ATHENS - A woman was found dead overnight in the rubble of a building in Athens’ Plaka district that collapsed following Friday’s powerful explosion, while rescue crews continued searching for five ...

The fire department said that the explosion occurred in an old two-story building in the Plaka district, the historic part of Athens that lies at the foot of the Acropolis hill, G ...

ATHENS, Greece — 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.

Five people are missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in the Plaka district of the historic ancient heart of Athens after a powerful explosion on Friday morning, rescue workers said.

Detailed inspections of buildings affected by the powerful explosion in Athens’ Plaka district on September 25 were undertaken on September 28 by the Athens Municipality’s Urban Planning Department, ...

A powerful explosion brought down an old building in Athens' Plaka district near the Acropolis, triggering a major rescue search. With injuries reported and a church damaged, authorities are probing a ...

Video. A powerful explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district brought down a two-storey building near the Acropolis on Friday 25 September 2026, injuring at least two people. The cause remains under ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A powerful blast shook the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, on Friday morning, causing a building to collapse and injuring at least two ...