A four-storey apartment block collapses in Athens prompt a continuing search and rescue operation, local media and emergency services report. Greek fire brigade crews respond to the incident in the Petralona area of the city on Tuesday. Authorities initially report that people may be trapped under debris. Rescuers locate four people who were earlier reported trapped and say they are safe. Emergency services remain on site as the operation continues in case anyone else is injured or still trapped in the rubble. Fire brigade personnel use rescue dogs to search through the debris, while other responders assess the area and work to remove rubble. Video shown by local outlets depicts workers moving through the collapsed structure searching for signs of life. Officials do not indicate the cause of the collapse in the available reports, and the search remains active as rescuers check for additional victims.
Search continues after four-storey apartment block collapses in Athens
A four-storey apartment block collapses in Athens prompt a continuing search and rescue operation, local media and emergency services report. Greek fire brigade crews respond to the incident in the Pe...
- A four-storey apartment block collapses in Athens’ Petralona area.
- Emergency services including the fire brigade deploy to the scene and search for trapped people.
- Rescuers find four people previously reported trapped; they are reported safe.
- Rescue dogs and other crews search through the rubble.
- The search continues in case additional people are trapped or injured.
Greek rescuers were searching for people trapped after a four-storey apartment block collapsed on Tuesday in the Petralona area of Athens, the fire brigade said. Four people who were earlier reported trapped had been located and were safe, but the operation continued, the service said. Crew with rescue dogs searched the rubble while other forces […]
3 hours agoEmergency services have been deployed to the scene to help with the search and rescue operation and footage shown on local media showed workers walking in the rubble looking for signs of life.
4 hours agoFour people have been rescued after an apartment building collapsed in the Greek capital, and the search continues for anyone else trapped in the rubble.
4 hours agoFour people have been rescued after an apartment building collapsed in the Greek capital, and the search continues for anyone else trapped in the rubble.
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