an explosion occurred Sunday morning to a gas leak in a building in via Brioschi, in the Navigli area of Milan. In the explosion that caused the partial collapse of the building there are at least three victims, a woman aged 43 and a pair (a young Italian of 28 years and a young unidentified). Two girls aged 7 and 11 years (43-year old daughters of victim) were burned in very serious way: now were accepted at the center Large burns with prognosis reserves Niguarda hospital. Even their father, 51, husband of the dead woman, was hospitalized. In addition to their other six people were injured, including a pregnant woman and four children. Other people who have refused hospitalization. The two children are very serious but not life threatening: they burn the limbs and face and are currently sedated. The largest has burns over 20-25 percent of the body, the smallest on the 40-45 percent some deep degree: the latter is no longer in serious condition.
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Milan: the house where there was the? Explosion in via Brioschi
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A budget however still provisional. Other residents may indeed have remained imprisoned after the terrible collapse: you dig through the rubble and you fight against time to find and rescue others wounded. On-site they intervened several teams of firefighters, ambulances and sniffer dogs for searches in the ruins of walls and rubble. The hypothesis of the gas leak remains the most likely but yet to be confirmed. Firefighters have locked down the affected building with 8 apartments, some almost completely gutted, with no interior walls and the furniture destroyed. At the moment it is proceeding to review the conditions of the buildings close to the one where the explosion occurred performing if necessary, the safety of the same.
Closed the area
The explosion would take place in ‘apartment of one of the three victims: that the couple or the 43-year old mother. The part is collapsed inside the building and overlooks the courtyard of a larger building and is accessed from Via Portoferraio. The tragedy occurred around 8:45 while many inhabitants of the building were still in the house. After the outbreak, that the inhabitants of the neighboring buildings have called “strong”, many people poured into the street in his pajamas. The surrounding streets of Via Brioschi were closed to traffic to intervene relief. On the spot also it came the Councillor for Safety of the City of Milan, Marco Granelli.
Witnesses
“it looked like the explosion of a bomb, the first thing I thought was an attack, but then I realized it was coming from quell’abitazione”. He told a resident of Via Brioschi, that Sunday morning, while he was having breakfast in the house, he heard the explosion that caused the collapse of part of a building, causing three confirmed dead and some wounded. The man explained that the building had recently been renovated, “I do not know what might have happened, maybe – he suggested – a gas leak, maybe someone in the house had a stove.” “I smelled gas, strong then a bang,” said another witness, Andrea Rizza, a 27 year-old carpenter who was a guest of friends in the building opposite to the one where an explosion occurred. “Twenty meters away as the crow flies from that building the explosion was terrible,” he said. Miraculously unscathed, Andrea was awakened “from a finished stone on my legs.” The room where he slept was devastated. “I’m looking out and I saw the girl who was walking on the ruins. It was at that point that I realized. “
the condolences of the city
” the explosion in via Brioschi caused a terrible tragedy that affects our entire community. On behalf of all the Milanese I express my deepest sympathy for the victims and the proximity to all the wounded. Then proclaim even now a day of mourning for the day that will be held the funeral of the people who lost their lives. ” This was stated by the mayor of Milan Giuliano Pisapia: “The City of Milan has already turned to find an immediate solution for families whose homes were damaged by the explosion and all their other needs. I also want to thank all the rescuers: firefighters, ambulances, and local law enforcement police immediately intervened on the blast site. ” 20 are the accommodation provided by the city for the families moved away from the blast: the confirmation came the Councillor Carmela Rozza, who went on site. “It is treated by an explosion very important, with at least 15 apartments uninhabitable: for the moment are 20 apartments for families, then we see how many still serve.”
June 12, 2016 | 09:46
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