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At least four trapped after apartment block collapses in Athens, fire brigade says

Emergency 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.

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00:02A major emergency response was launched by the fire brigade, rescue teams and the police
00:08following the collapse of a four-story apartment building in the Petralona area of Athens.
00:14Although initial reports suggested that four people were trapped inside,
00:18authorities later confirmed that all residents of the building were located and found safe.
00:30The police said that the house fell. And that moment, because I know that both the woman and the other,
00:35I was sitting with them. And we saw the house, the police, at least, all down.
00:40And the fire, the water, we were afraid of the water, we didn't have any crisis, and we all took
00:45away from close to them.
00:48The relevant authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse as there are reports that construction work
00:54being carried out on a neighboring building may have affected the structural stability
00:58of the adjacent property.
01:01Authorities have already taken five individuals into custody for questioning,
01:05including the owner of the building under construction, the contractor and the engineer responsible for the project.
01:13The panic was struck by the third street in Athens, after the destruction of the city of Athens.
01:18According to the police, the police, the authorities, the authorities, the authorities,
01:22were the economic work that were carried out right next to the building that the destruction of the city.
01:27The authorities, the authorities, mentioned that the building that the building had been closed
01:31from the beginning of the morning before the beginning of the day.
01:32They had to be provided for the destruction of the city.
01:35From the Athens of the Euronews, Giorgos Dmitróπουlos.
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