ERTNews, citing the fire service, says the unidentified bodies of a man and a woman were recovered after a three-storey building collapsed in Athens’ Plaka district on Friday; four people remain missing. Rescue is slow as wall sections may fall and nearby buildings are at risk.
The building collapsed at about 7:30 a.m. Friday, and the explosion sparked a fire. Investigators are focusing on a possible gas leak; residents reported smelling gas before the blast.
An elderly couple is believed to have lived in the building, while four US citizens—two men and two women—were reported to be staying in a first-floor holiday flat.
