Chieti, explosion of a fireworks factory: three dead – Chronicle

Chieti, December 21, 2020 – Tragedy in action in the province of Chieti. A’explosion happened about 15 in one fireworks factory a Casalbordino. As learned, the explosion caused three victims. There would be no injured. The factory involved is a Contrada Termini company: it is the Sabino explosives, a factory that disposes and recovers sanitation powder in Casalbordinoche and has a hundred employees.

The three victims of the explosion are CS de Casalbordino, PP de Pollutri and NC de Guilmi. The workers, 45, 46 and 54, would have died instantly. The accident allegedly took place in the blast furnace: workers were apparently carrying a box of unexploded rockets that are used to signal ships. At one point, for reasons being examined by the bomb disposal police experts, the case suddenly exploded by self-ignition. The explosion did not let the three workers who were going to destroy the rockets in the blast furnace escape. Meanwhile, the Vasto Prosecutor’s Office has already taken steps to open a file on the incident.

When the alarm was raised, the rescuers and the 118 with the helicopter left Pescara and immediately arrived at the scene. Firefighters made the area safe and only afterwards were health personnel able to intervene.

To ensure that there were no missing persons, the service employees were detained and counted. The mayor of Casalbordino, Filippo Marinucci, who speaks of “terrible tragedy” and expresses “closeness to the families of the victims” is still there.

Due to the risk of further explosions, the Adriatic railway It is parked between Fossacesia and the port of Vasto, just as traffic is blocked in the SS16. A large nearby service station was also evacuated from which many trucks operating in the nearby industrial zone were discharged.

“From the Fire Department I receive the news of an explosion in Casalbordino in an explosives depot. Sadly, 3 victims quickly became known. I thank the Chieti command visited in October for the service they are performing. A sincere hug the families of the victims, “writes the undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Carlo Sibilia on Twitter.” I am deeply saddened by what happened, I wish to direct a thought of closeness and condolences to the families and communities involved in this tragedy. I follow the evolution of the situation and I am in contact with the local authorities present in the place ”, thus, in a post on Facebook, the undersecretary of the presidency of the council Gianluca Castaldi.

Ugl: “Unacceptable massacre”

“The umpteenth and unacceptable work accident,” said Paolo Capone, general secretary of Ugl, and Gianna De Amicis, regional secretary of Ugl Abruzzo. According to the trade unionists, “it is necessary to intensify efforts by implementing safety controls and training, especially where jobs are carried out with a high risk of accidents to stop these massacres once and for all.”