Overview
- Rescuers are searching for six people reported missing after a blast destroyed a two‑storey building in Plaka on Friday.
- Firefighters have deployed heavy machinery, search dogs and thermal cameras and worked through the night to clear rubble and listen for survivors.
- Authorities say the building housed an elderly couple on the second floor and a family of four tourists on the first floor and a tourist’s bag was found in the debris.
- Mayor Haris Doukas and Minister Evangelos Tournas visited the site and municipal engineers have begun checks to decide if adjoining buildings must be evacuated or demolished.
- Plaka lies under the Acropolis and draws millions of visitors, and officials warn that the collapse could disrupt tourism and trigger wider safety reviews of older, short‑term rental properties.