2026年9月26日 美国东部时间上午6:51 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
官员表示，希腊的一对美国夫妇在周五发生爆炸后建筑坍塌身亡。
雅典历史悠久的普拉卡区——位于雅典卫城古迹下方——发生爆炸后，另有四人失踪，其中包括一名同住一套公寓的英国老年男子和一名希腊女子。
希腊救援官员对记者表示，这对美国男女当时住在街面以上楼层的一套游客出租公寓内。他们的身份尚未立即公开。
据法新社记者现场目击，救援行动正在进行中，机械挖掘机正在清理废墟，热成像相机已投入使用。
雅典市长哈里斯·杜卡斯表示，导致这座小型两层建筑倒塌的爆炸很可能由燃气泄漏引发。
“我们面临的是一场难以置信的灾难，”他说，并补充称涉事建筑所在街道及其后方都出现了损毁情况。
杜卡斯表示，附近另有两栋建筑处于危险状态，目前正在开展检查“以确定它们是否还能继续使用，或是也需要拆除”。
据希腊雅典通讯社报道，约30名救援人员和三条搜救犬在事发现场展开工作。
据《雅典新闻报》刊登的居民协会信函显示，一年前普拉卡街区的居民曾就燃气泄漏或短路风险向市政府和公用事业公司发出过警告。
居民们曾敦促开展消防演练，以排查该街区应急响应计划中可能存在的漏洞。
该街区是雅典最热门的旅游区域之一。附近的雅典卫城作为希腊最知名的地标之一，去年接待了460万名游客。
2 American tourists dead after building explosion and collapse in Athens, Greece
September 26, 2026 6:51 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
An American couple in Greece died after a building collapsed, following an explosion on Friday, officials said.
Four other people were missing, including an elderly British man and a Greek woman who shared an apartment, after the explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district, below the Acropolis monument.
The American man and woman had been staying in an apartment rented to tourists located on the floor above street level, Greek rescue officials told journalists. Their identities were not immediately made public.
Rescuers search for survivors after a blast in the Plaka district of Athens, Greece, on September 26, 2026. Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images
A rescue operation was ongoing, with according the Agence France-Presse news agency, who saw mechanical diggers moving debris and thermal-imaging cameras being deployed.
The explosion that brought down the small, two-storey building was likely caused by a gas leak, the mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, said.
“We are talking about an incredible disaster,” he said, adding that damage had occurred along the street the building was in, as well as behind it.
The explosion happened near the Acropolis, one of Greece’s best-known landmarks. Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images
Doukas said that two nearby buildings were left in a dangerous state, with inspections under way “to determine if they can remain standing or if they also have to be demolished”.
Some 30 rescuers and three sniffer dogs were at work at the site of the incident, Greece’s ANA news agency reported.
A year ago, locals in the Plaka neighbourhood had warned the city and utility companies about the risk of gas leaks or short circuits, according to a letter by the residents’ association published by the Kathimerini newspaper.
The residents had urged a fire drill to identify possible weaknesses in the emergency response plans for the district.
The neighbourhood is one of Athens’s most popular tourist areas. The nearby Acropolis, one of Greece’s best-known landmarks, welcomed 4.6 million visitors last year.
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