Explosion Collapses Athens Building, Injures People

On Friday, September 25, 2026, an explosion struck an old two-story building on Lysikratous Street in Athens' Plaka district near the Acropolis. The blast damaged nearby buildings. Police cordoned off the street. Firefighters fought a fire that broke out afterward and inspected rubble and surrounding structures for further collapse risk. Outlets disagree on scale and injuries. Newsday and Euronews describe the building as collapsed; Devdiscourse/Reuters and Ground News say it partially collapsed. Firefighters rescued two women from an adjacent building in some accounts, or a woman in the Reuters version, with hospital transport reported; local media also described a slightly injured passerby, and injury tallies varied across reports. The cause remains under investigation. Local media speculated a possible gas leak and said the blast was loud enough to be heard across the city center. No right-rated headlines appear in the record.