5 missing after explosion fells building in heart of touristic Athens

Five people ⁠were missing on Friday after an explosion caused a residential building to collapse in a touristic area of central Athens, injuring three people and damaging houses, shops and ‌cars across a historic neighbourhood. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in the two-storey building in Plaka near some of Athens’ most popular sites including the Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus. The building where the blast took place ⁠was reduced to a mess of twisted metal, broken balconies