A gasoline station surge early on Friday in southeastern Rome injured at least 25 individuals including 9 policemans and a firemen, regional authorities and rescuers said.The explosion was heard across the Italian capital quickly after 8 a.m.
and sent out up a big cloud of dark smoke and fire that was visible from numerous areas of the city.Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri stated regional authorities and firefighters rushed to the area after getting a report of a gas leak.
Two explosions followed after they got here, he added.Elisabetta Accardo, Romes police spokesperson, said 16 residents were injured, including two who remained in extreme conditions and hospitalized at Romes Casilino hospital.Nine of the injured are from police corps police and carabinieri and one is a firefighter, she added.
But luckily they are not in dangerous conditions.Fifteen firefighting groups were at the site trying to bring the fire under control.Rome district attorneys started a probe into the cause of the surge, which might be connected to a previous gas leak during the dumping phase of liquified petroleum gas at the station.A sports center situated near the gasoline station was evacuated quickly by police following the first explosion, with numerous children gave security.
Police said they checked the surrounding location for individuals who were hurt or trapped in nearby buildings.Barbara Belardinelli stated she and her child were slightly hurt when they heard the first surge and left their home to investigate before the next explosion struck them.As soon as we heard the 2nd explosion, we were likewise hit by a ball of fire.
I believed that a car near us blew up, metal pieces were flying in the air, she stated.
We felt the fire on the skin, the arm of my child is still red, it was horrible.Other homeowners interviewed by regional media said the explosion was so loud and violent it struck close-by structures like an earthquake, breaking windows and ripping off shutters.Pope Leo XIV stated he was wishing those impacted by the explosion, which occurred in the heart of my Diocese.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated she was carefully following the developments.Source: The Associated Press-- Agencies