希腊消防官员周六表示，雅典市中心一旅游区发生爆炸导致一栋住宅楼倒塌，造成2人死亡、4人失踪。
Two people have died and another four are missing after a residential building collapsed following an explosion in a tourist area of central Athens, a Greek fire brigade official said on Saturday.
周五的爆炸摧毁了普拉卡区的一栋两层楼建筑，该地靠近雅典最热门的景点，包括卫城和宙斯神庙，造成3人受伤，附近房屋、商铺和汽车受损，碎石和碎玻璃飞散至三个街区之外。
The blast on Friday destroyed a two-storey building in Plaka, near some of Athens’ most visited sites including the Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus, injuring three people, damaging nearby houses, shops and cars, and sending rubble and broken glass as far as three blocks away.
身穿重型装备、戴红色头盔的应急救援人员在搜救犬协助下，正在寻找住在一套公寓里的一对老年夫妇和住在另一套公寓里的四名游客。
Emergency crews in heavy gear and red helmets assisted by rescue dogs were looking for an elderly couple who lived in one flat and four tourists who were staying in another.
消防官员表示，周六在清理废墟时发现了一名男子和一名年轻女子的遗体，该建筑已化为扭曲的金属、碎瓦和混凝土板的废墟。家居用品和衣物散落在废墟中。
They found the bodies of a man and a young woman on Saturday as they removed debris from the building which was reduced to a mess of twisted metal, shattered tiles and concrete slabs, the fire brigade official said. Household items and clothing were strewn amid the debris.
警方发言人康斯坦蒂娜·迪莫格利杜周六向公共广播电台ERT表示：“（救援行动）并不容易，因为建筑物大部分已倒塌，且对相邻建筑构成威胁，出于安全原因，相邻建筑已被疏散。”
“It (the rescue operation) is not easy as the biggest part of the building has collapsed and there is risk for adjacent buildings which have been evacuated for security reasons,” police spokeswoman Constantina Dimoglidou told public broadcaster ERT on Saturday.
警方消息人士称，这些游客——两对美国夫妇——原定于周五下午3点从雅典机场乘机离境前办理退房，但未露面。爆炸原因尚不清楚，事发地有许多酒店和短租房。雅典市长哈里斯·杜卡斯周五表示，爆炸可能与燃气设施有关。“出了严重的问题。”
The tourists – two American couples – were expected to check out to catch a flight from Athens airport at 3pm on Friday but did not show up, a police source said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in an area which is home to many hotels and short-term rentals. Athens mayor Haris Doukas said on Friday it was likely linked to gas infrastructure. “Something went terribly wrong.”