Italy, Ravanusa: smoke and flames come from the rubble of the apartment building where there was an explosion.
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A gas explosion destroyed several buildings in the south of Sicily, and fires kept breaking out in the rubble. At least one person was killed and at least eight people are missing, including two children and a pregnant woman.
E.A severe explosion brought down a residential building in Sicily and destroyed several neighboring buildings. On Sunday night, firefighters recovered an 80-year-old woman alive from the rubble. She was immediately taken to a hospital.
According to official information, eight people were still missing in the morning, including two children and a pregnant woman. According to the fire brigade, the search for the missing turned out to be difficult, as fires kept flaring up in the rubble due to gas leaks.
Early in the morning, the helpers recovered a body from the rubble. The rescue teams had previously managed to contact a buried woman, as the Ansa agency reported. The woman was obviously injured but was able to communicate with the firefighters. It was recovered after a while.
Destruction “like in war”
According to Ansa, a gas pipe exploded on Saturday evening and caused the building to collapse. Flames and widely scattered debris could be seen in photos and videos. A total of six buildings were destroyed, Ansa reported on “the scenario of war” in the Sicilian city. Ravanusa is located near Agrigento in the south of the Mediterranean island.
“It seems Beirut,” said the head of the regional civil defense, Salvo Cocina, of the Adnkronos news agency with a view to the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital. He spoke of shattered glass and debris that had been hurled dozens of meters from the site of the explosion. “We are ready to search the rubble as soon as the area is secured.”
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