Woman Found Dead in Rubble After Plaka Building Explosion

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Rescue crews recovered the body of a woman early Saturday from the wreckage of a building in Plaka that had been largely destroyed by an explosion the previous morning, the first confirmed death in a disaster that has left five other people missing.

The woman was an American tourist who had been staying in a short-term rental apartment on the first floor of the building, on Lysikratous Street in Athens’ historic center. Three other Americans who were believed to have been staying in the same apartment remain unaccounted for. An elderly couple who lived on the second floor — a 78-year-old British man and a 77-year-old Greek woman — are also missing.

The discovery came after hours of painstaking work inside the ruins. Firefighters had continued searching through the night, proceeding cautiously because large parts of the building are unstable. Shortly after 2 a.m., an ambulance arrived at the site as activity around the debris intensified.