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Six dead after explosion destroys building in Athens
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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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Four Americans and a Greek national are among those killed in a suspected gas explosion, officials said.
УНН News of the World ✎ An explosion in central Athens destroyed a residential building and claimed the lives of six people.
Six people have died after a powerful explosion caused a building to collapse in Athens’ Plaka. A possible gas leak is being investigated, but no cause has been confirmed.