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Euronews
05-07-2025
- Euronews
Rome petrol station explosion injures 25, damages buildings and cars
An explosion on Friday at a petrol and LPG station in the neighbourhood of Centocelle in Rome's southeast injured at least 25 people, according to authorities. According to initial information from the Rome fire brigade, the accident, which occurred at around 8:20 am, was caused by a technical fault during refuelling. None of the injured are in a serious condition, authorities said. Five people were reportedly hospitalised, all with minor burns and injuries caused by shattered glass from the explosion. The blast was heard in other parts of the Italian capital, with the plume of smoke visible across the city. According to the Agi news agency, the explosion was so violent that some people inside the flats near the petrol station were also injured. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said local police and firefighters rushed to the area after being alerted to a gas leak. Two explosions followed after they arrived, he added. Initially, 10 people were reported injured: eight police officers, a firefighter and an emergency operator, a number which Gualtieri later said reached around 20 before the toll was updated to 25. 'There were a few chain explosions after the first one,' Elisabetta Accardo, a spokesperson for the Roman police, told Italian state broadcaster RAI. 'All the policemen injured suffered burns, but they are not in danger of life.' The shock wave caused damage to some of the surrounding buildings and vehicles, which caught fire. The flames quickly spread to a law enforcement warehouse located behind the petrol station. The area was cordoned off to facilitate safety operations, with firefighters continuing to work to extinguish the blaze under challenging conditions, as Rome remains hit by an intense heatwave that has lasted for weeks. Residents interviewed by local media said the explosion was so loud and violent that it struck nearby buildings 'like an earthquake'. The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office is awaiting the initial reports from the fire brigade and the police to open an investigation file.
Euronews
04-07-2025
- Euronews
Rome petrol station explosion injures 21, damages buildings and cars
An explosion on Friday at a petrol and LPG station in the neighbourhood of Centocelle in Rome's southeast injured at least 21 people, according to reports. According to initial information from the Rome fire brigade, the accident, which occurred at around 8:20 am, was caused by a technical fault during refuelling. None of the injured are in a serious condition, authorities said. Five people were reportedly hospitalised, all with minor burns and injuries caused by shattered glass from the explosion. The blast was heard in other parts of the Italian capital, with the plume of smoke visible across the city. According to the Agi news agency, the explosion was so violent that some people inside the flats near the petrol station were also injured. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said local police and firefighters rushed to the area after being alerted to a gas leak. Two explosions followed after they arrived, he added. Initially, 10 people were reported injured: eight police officers, a firefighter and an emergency operator. 'There were a few chain explosions after the first one,' Elisabetta Accardo, a spokesperson for the Roman police, told Italian state broadcaster RAI. 'All the policemen injured suffered burns, but they are not in danger of life.' The shock wave caused damage to some of the surrounding buildings and vehicles, which caught fire. The flames quickly spread to a law enforcement warehouse located behind the petrol station. The area was cordoned off to facilitate safety operations, with firefighters continuing to work to extinguish the blaze under challenging conditions, as Rome remains hit by an intense heatwave that has lasted for weeks. Residents interviewed by local media said the explosion was so loud and violent that it struck nearby buildings 'like an earthquake'. The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office is awaiting the initial reports from the fire brigade and the police to open an investigation file.
Local Italy
01-04-2025
- Local Italy
Scottish tourist dies after Rome holiday home explosion
Grant Paterson, 54, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was on a break in Rome when his holiday home in Rome's Monteverde district collapsed after an explosion on Sunday, March 23rd. Following the blast, the man was said to have suffered major leg injuries and burns covering 75 percent of his body. Paterson died in hospital on Tuesday morning, Il Corriere di Roma reported. A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said that they were 'supporting the family of a British man who died in Italy' and were in touch with local authorities, according to British news reports. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said in a statement that the news of Paterson's death "saddens all of Rome". 'I want to express my personal condolences and those of the entire city to his loved ones and fellow citizens. I sincerely hope that the ongoing investigation will swiftly shed light on this terrible accident," he added. The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office launched an official investigation into the explosion last week. The probe, which is led by Deputy Prosecutor Giovanni Conzo, is linked to potential charges of involuntary personal injury (lesioni colpose) and involuntary disaster (disastro colposo), Italian media reports said. The explosion, which occurred at around 9am on March 23rd, 'felt like a bomb', according to reports from local residents. The blast damaged part of the walls of Villa Pamphili – a 17th-century villa boasting the largest landscaped public park in Rome – as well as several cars parked in front of the building. Following the explosion, Italian writer and journalist Roberto Saviano, famous for his international mafia bestseller Gomorrah, said on social media he used to live in the building.
