There are at least 250 victims of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Marche and Lazio in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday and has virtually razed amateur and Accumoli, in the province of Rieti, and Arquata del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. Among the dead there are many children and some foreigners: at least one Canadian citizen (while another is injured) and 5 Romanians and 18 others are missing. The search for survivors continues unabated. A race against time between the new shocks, some of the strongest, like that of the early afternoon of Thursday, which caused new collapses in Amatrice in already damaged buildings. And it’s always uncertain how many of the missing “because there is a start list as in some of the municipalities devastated there were many tourists and many people passing through,” said the head of the Civil Protection Department Fabrizio Curcio.
New strong quake: collapses in Amatrice
the earth continues to tremble: the National Institute of Volcanology recorded 700 replies after that of 6.0 of magnitude 3 and 36 of August 24, lasting 142 seconds long. On Thursday afternoon a quake of magnitude 4.3 caused new collapses in buildings already damaged in Amatrice. He injured the indoor stadium, which worked as a store of basic necessities and in which some food were distributed. The building was evacuated.
The victims and relief
The budget – still provisional – spread by the civil Defence speaks about 250 victims, including many children: 193 in Amatrice, 46 Arquata and 11 to Accumoli. But the number looks set to rise. Only in Amatrice missing at least 15 people, including two children. The wounded about 400 wounded, 365 ones in hospital. Many displaced people: about 2,500, of which 1,500 in the Marches, between Pescara and Arquata del Tronto. The search continues under the rubble in which they are engaged 880 firefighters, 250 vehicles and 43 rescue dogs. 215 people were pulled alive from the wreckage by firefighters and other 23 volunteers of the Mountain Rescue. More than 5000 men of the civil protection impiegati.I rescuers are digging even under the rubble of the Hotel Roma Amatrice. Eventually it emerged that 32 people were staying in the hotel, not 80 as was thought at the beginning. The mayor of amateur Sergio Pirozzi said that about half of the customers should be able to save themselves: in six still missing.
culpable disaster: investigation opened by prosecutors in Rieti
Meanwhile, prosecutors in Rieti, in the context of the inquiries already under way on the earthquake, opened a single file ‘container’ with the hypothesis of culpable disaster offense. The investigation, coordinated by the head of Giuseppe Saieva prosecutor who has made a first visit, will also shed light on the collapse that affected recently restored buildings, such as the school of amateur and bell tower collapsed in Accumoli.
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Earthquake in Central Italy, the first night away from home for the displaced in the earthquake
The fear of looters: a shutdown
Many families left homeless have been welcomed in tent camps, but many people decided to sleep in the car to stay close to their homes for fear of acts of looting. In the night they are in fact widespread rumors of incidents of theft in the municipality of Arquata and in particular in the district of Pescara del Tronto. The police, who have stepped up checks throughout the area, resize: “I do not know who the spread – say the command – but you can not confuse the people who go there to retrieve some things from their homes with those who steal. We have 40 members in all the garrisons of the earthquake of Arquata del Tronto, and the situation is under control. ” Other episodes are reported to Amatrice, where a man was arrested by police while he was forcing a screwdriver to lock the house. It is a pluripregiudicato 45 years of Napoli: Surprised by the police, before he tried to escape and then wounded a policeman. In his pants pocket he had a train ticket dated August 24 for the Naples-Rome. According to the police the man, who has previous for selling drugs, stolen goods and illegal firearms, arrived in Amatrice for raiding the homes abandoned after the earthquake. Now it is located in Rieti prison. Another incident at the Hotel Roma, always in Amatrice, where a man was trying to break into their own during the strong shock of Thursday afternoon settling. While everyone was running to get away from the area, instead of rushing to leave the center, he proceeded in the opposite direction. The man was stopped. Another person was questioned by the Digos.
The Nights of displaced
are 1230 displaced people who have sought assistance to pass the second night after the earthquake in the structures set up by the Civil Protection. The number of places available (there are about 3,400, many more of the current requirements), continues to grow: in the villages of Musicchio and New Cornillo are set up another 100 available seats made available in the tent city set up by the Tuscany Region.
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Earthquake in Amatrice, the view from destruction? High
Government allocates 50 million. Renzi: “Lock taxes in the affected areas’
The Council of Ministers has approved a state of emergency and allocated the first 50 million euro. also voted to freeze taxes in the area hit by the quake. “Before being politicians we human beings” the premier said Renzi that the death toll “is an awesome human being into account. 215 lives saved is a huge thing, the highest number in the history of recent earthquakes. ” “I am proud of the reaction of Italy – said the president of the Council – the reconstruction is the priority for the government and for our country. It is crucial that those communities remain community. We owe it to the history of those towns that must have a future and not be just a memory. The men and women affected by the earthquake have the right to stay and live in their own lands. ”
The bet on prevention
A About reconstruction, the memory of the earthquake in L’Aquila in 2009 is still alive. “We need jobs shipped because in L’Aquila for 5 years there was a” lock said Renzi announcing the “Italian design house.” “The bet on prevention must become a shared heritage of the country not by a law but through concerted something – he underlined – Italy must have vision that is not only emergency”. “The money is there, spend it well and fast, no episodes not only of corruption but I would say just about looting, because the jackals are corrupted and the corrupter who steal the money put for reconstruction.”
August 25, 2016 (modified August 25, 2016 | 22 : 32)
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