Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Outlets on this story
23
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Five people are missing after an explosion caused a residential building to collapse in a touristic area of central Athens, injuring three people and damaging houses, shops and cars across a historic neighbourhood.
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building → log → neighbourhood
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in the two-storey building in Plaka near some of Athens' most popular sites including the Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus.
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what → cause → Zeus
The building where the blast took place was reduced to a mess of twisted metal, broken balconies and hanging concrete slabs.
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blast → take → metal
The explosion also sent rocks and broken glass flying as far as three blocks away.
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rocks → send → ?
The fire brigade was searching for five people, including an elderly couple that lived in the building, an official told Reuters.
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official → search → Reuters
Part of the building was rented out to tourists, a police official said.
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official → rent → tourists
Crowds of tourists stroll its narrow streets lined with cafes and souvenir shops.
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Crowds → stroll → cafes
Fire crews and ambulances rushed to the scene early on Friday as smoke billowed above the ancient monuments.
"It was like the whole building, the whole block blew off.
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block → rush → building
That's how strong it was," said local resident Andreas Martzaklis.
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Martzaklis → say → ?
"An elderly couple lived upstairs, on the second floor," resident Martzaklis said, adding that he didn't know whether they had been inside at the time of the explosion or managed to get out.
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they → live → explosion
He said one apartment in the building that collapsed had been operating as a short-term rental apartment, while the others were privately owned.
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others → say → apartment
"Who got out of the building that is destroyed, we don't know anything," said Martzakis, who lives in a nearby building and heard the blast while he was drinking his morning coffee.
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he → get → coffee
Authorities said a passer-by was injured.
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by → say → ?
Two women who had been trapped in an adjacent building were rescued and being treated in hospital.
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who → trap → hospital
Video footage from the scene showed rubble strewn across the street, with parked cars smashed by falling debris.
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cars → show → debris
Elsewhere in Greece, authorities safely evacuated all 29 people after a fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, the Greek coast guard said.
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guard → evacuate → Friday
At least five coast guard vessels and two firefighting speedboats assisted the operation to rescue the 28 crew and one passenger aboard, the coastguard added.
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coastguard → assist → crew
An official from the ferry owner, Blue Star Ferries, confirmed that no one was hurt and that the crew was working to put out the fire.
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crew → confirm → fire
Unverified images on local media showed a column of smoke rising from a boat out at sea.
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column → show → sea
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