Alex McKee, a 17-year-old from Cork, Ireland, died on 9 August after being electrocuted while using a shower at a stone holiday house on Kimolos (a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea), where his family had been staying for years due to his mother's roots there. Greek police have cordoned off the property and are investigating a suspected wiring fault in the building's water heater, with authorities noting the fusebox may have lacked a safety cut-off; the island's mayor, who is a professional electrician and signed off on the property's electrical installation certificate in 2024, is also under scrutiny. The tragedy has prompted wider calls for stricter safety checks on electrical appliances in seasonal tourist accommodation across Greece, and McKee's family has signalled it will press criminal charges.