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Building in Athens collapses after explosion, six dead found
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Capital and largest city of Greece
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.
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Rescuers have recovered six bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Athens' Plaka district, near the Acropolis.
Six individuals, including four American tourists, were killed after a catastrophic structure collapse triggered by a suspected natural gas blast in the historic Plaka neighborhood near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Emergency teams using heavy excavators and
A deadly explosion tore through Athens’ historic Plaka district near the Acropolis on Friday morning, collapsing a two-story building and killing six people.