Athens explosion: Six dead in blast near Acropolis in Plaka district - BBC

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Sean Seddon Reuters The building in the Plaka district was reduced to rubble strewn with household items Six people have died, including a British national, in an explosion that destroyed a building containing a holiday rental property in the historic centre of Athens.

The blast on Friday happened in the Plaka area of the Greek capital, a neighbourhood close to tourist sites such as the Acropolis.

Four American holidaymakers were among the dead, along with a UK national and Greek national - reportedly an elderly couple who lived in the same building.

Pictures from the scene on Saturday showed emergency service workers searching through rubble, with a gas leak the suspected cause of the blast.