Three dead after building collapses in northern Italy
Three people were killed when a residential building in a north-eastern Italian town collapsed early on Thursday morning.
Eight teams of firefighters are combing the rubble with sniffer dogs after an explosion in a two-storey building in Gorizia, which lies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region close to Italy's border with Slovenia.
Two bodies had been found by 9:00 am, while a third resident was found dead a few hours later, according to Ansa.
Crollo alle 4:20 del solaio di una palazzina a #Gorizia, per un’esplosione probabilmente causata da una fuga di gas. Potrebbero essere state coinvolte tre persone, #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro anche con le squadre #cinofili. Aggiornamento #20giugno 7:30 pic.twitter.com/U9NFkjkN1q
— Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) June 20, 2019
The building housed three apartments, two of them occupied and one empty. The residents are said to have been a Slovakian couple and a person with disabilities.
Early reports suggested that the blast was caused by a gas leak after emergency services reported a strong smell of gas at the scene, though local officials said that no signs of problems with the gas network had yet been found.
#20giugno 9:00, palazzina crollata #Gorizia: estratti dalle macerie i corpi senza vita di due persone. Proseguono le ricerche di una terza segnalata come dispersa. Squadre #usar e #cinofili #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro pic.twitter.com/g2LLNgSmkH
— Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) June 20, 2019
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Eight teams of firefighters are combing the rubble with sniffer dogs after an explosion in a two-storey building in Gorizia, which lies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region close to Italy's border with Slovenia.
Two bodies had been found by 9:00 am, while a third resident was found dead a few hours later, according to Ansa.
Crollo alle 4:20 del solaio di una palazzina a #Gorizia, per un’esplosione probabilmente causata da una fuga di gas. Potrebbero essere state coinvolte tre persone, #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro anche con le squadre #cinofili. Aggiornamento #20giugno 7:30 pic.twitter.com/U9NFkjkN1q
— Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) June 20, 2019
The building housed three apartments, two of them occupied and one empty. The residents are said to have been a Slovakian couple and a person with disabilities.
Early reports suggested that the blast was caused by a gas leak after emergency services reported a strong smell of gas at the scene, though local officials said that no signs of problems with the gas network had yet been found.
#20giugno 9:00, palazzina crollata #Gorizia: estratti dalle macerie i corpi senza vita di due persone. Proseguono le ricerche di una terza segnalata come dispersa. Squadre #usar e #cinofili #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro pic.twitter.com/g2LLNgSmkH
— Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) June 20, 2019
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