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Four American tourists were among six people killed in Greece when a devastating explosion leveled a residential building near Athens’ famed Acropolis, according to officials. The four Americans — two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debris and rubble lie on parked cars after a two-storey building in the Plaka neighbourhood of central Athens collapsed following ...

ATHENS, Greece — Six people have died after a two-story residential building in a tourist area of central Athens collapsed, the Greek fire brigade said on Saturday, following an explosion that the ...

Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens' tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said. A U.S. State Department ...

Rescuers looked for an elderly couple, four US tourists Four Americans dead, US ambassador says Blast damaged nearby houses, shops and cars Cause unclear but Athens' mayor says it is likely linked to ...

Officials said a gas leak might have caused the blast, which destroyed a building and rattled a part of the Greek capital that draws many visitors. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens Greek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergency personnel work at the site where an old building partially collapsed following an explosion, at the touristy Plaka area ...

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