Five people including three tourists are missing on Friday after an explosion in a building in Athens’ historic Plaka district, the Greek fire service said.
The early morning blast on a small street in the vicinity of the Acropolis shook the area, which is normally busy with hundreds of foreign visitors.
A building in central Athens collapsed on Friday after an explosion, Greek emergency crew said with local media reporting one person injured.
Media speculated that the probable cause was a gas leak causing a blast loud enough to be heard across the Greek capital but an investigation into the cause is ongoing.
The fire brigade said it had rescued…
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