It is estimated that more than 30 peopleamong them 11 police officers, police and firefighterswere injured this Friday Due to a strong explosion In a service station located in the Southeast of Rome. The deflagration caused Several fires and one dense smoke column that could be seen from different parts of the city. Two of the injured are in state serious.
As confirmed by the Police Headquarters, among the injured there are emergency personnel who suffered injuries of diverse consideration. The authorities do not rule out that there are also pedestrians and residents affected, especially in nearby buildingssome of which were damaged by the explosion.
The outbreak was heard in a good part of the city, there was around the 8:00 in the morning (local time) In the neighborhood PRENESTINO. According to the first investigations, the emergency would have originated after A truck will hit a pipewhich would have triggered the explosion, according to Italian media.
The RAI previously reported that the Emergency Service of the Sant’Eugenio Hospital received a three injuredall with fractures which required the activation of orange and red emergency codes. Simultaneously, in the Complex Operations Unit of Burns of the same Center, two patients transferred from other hospitals were arriving.
Evacuation tasks
The authorities temporarily suspended the service in a nearby subway station and established a security perimeter To prevent pedestrians and vehicles, in order to protect the population while carrying out the damage evaluation and assurance tasks of the affected area.
To the place they moved Ten Fire Teamswho work intensely to control the fires derived from the explosion and prevent them from spreading to other areas. At the same time, ambulances and medical personnel were mobilized to serve the injured in the place and facilitate their transfer to hospital centers.
In addition, the local media reported that the preventive evacuation of a sports center located in the immediate vicinity was ordered, as well as two residential buildings that could be at risk due to the proximity with the site of the incident and the possible structural damage caused by the explosion.
Meloni’s messages and Pope Leo XIV
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, remains in constant communication with the mayor of RomeRoberto Gualtieri, to closely monitor the repercussions of the incident, according to the EFE official sources of the Presidency of the Italian Government.
“I want to express my solidarity with all the injured, including security agents, firefighters and health personnel, and sincerely thank those who participated in rescue and protection work,” Meloni published in the social network X.
Pope Leo XIV also pronounced through social networks: “I pray for the people affected by the explosion in a gas station that occurred this morning in the prenestino Labicano neighborhood, in the heart of my diocese. I continue with concern the evolution of this tragic event,” he wrote in X.
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The authorities indicated that rescue work was complicated because, together with the service station, there was an ambulance station that stored oxygen tanks, a situation that could have contributed to the magnitude of the explosions.
Source: Ambito
