Explosion in Milan in an apartment building near Porta Romana: 6 injured, one seriously. Fire Department: “Probable gas leak” – PHOTO / VIDEO

A roar that some witnesses described as “the explosion of a wartime bomb.” Then the smoke, the flames and the people who started to go out into the street. Piazzale Libia, south of Milan, yes he woke up like that, at 7 in the morning, after that gas leak in a ground floor apartment caused a fast burn which caused, in addition to damage to the building, to nearby buildings and vehicles parked in front, 6 injured, one of whom was seriously injured. This is the 30 years of Ukrainian origin who lived in the building from where the explosion occurred and is now hospitalized with second and third degree burns Above all the body.

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Above all, the testimony of Aly, an Egyptian who was passing by the scene of the accident and who, seeing the young man leave the building, was the first to rescue him: “At 7.15 am I was passing by with my truck and I heard the explosion, a very strong impact, there was burned blinds – He said – I ran inside and rescued a child, wrapped him in a wet blanket and carried him outside. Then I turned off the gas. “The man, who works in a cleaning company in the area, then specified that” when I saw the boy I went back to my truck, I took out a large blanket from the back, wet it, wrapped myself in another and I came back. I took off the boy’s clothes it was all burned. I wrapped the wounded man, went out to ask for help and together with another person we took him outside. After taking it out, I turned off the gas in the house that had been left open.

The roar woke up much of the neighborhood, in an area very close to Porta Romana, in the center of the Lombard capital. In addition to the 30-year-old man, other people involved suffered more minor injuries. Inside the palace there have been a number of the wall collapses internal and non-structural. “Most likely methane gas, we’ll have to investigate where the leak originated. We cut off the gas in the entire building that was evacuated ”, he had already assumed. Maurizio Pendini, director and deputy director of the Milan Fire Brigade command. For now, let us know, two tenants missing, but it is not excluded that they were not in the nine-story building or that they have already moved. “We are finishing the search for the disappeared to eliminate doubts, probably there are none. The first pass with the dogs was negative. It was a strong explosion, the news was very serious, we feared the worst – Pendini explained – There was an explosion on the ground floor, there is a serious but conscious injured and five minors. An apartment and the staircase, as well as all the windows up to the fifth floor of the building were damaged ”.

More people were taken to the hospital than were injured in the blast. These are usually topics in state of anxiety or who have suffered minor injuries due to falls while trying to rush out of the building. Among those rescued, a 15-year-old girl with trauma to her ankle, taken to Fatebenebratelli, like a 54 year old woman. Two women, one 76 and the other 56, are instead Polyclinic and one of 38 in Mangiagalli.

In the condominium, asAreu, which coordinates emergency-urgency in Lombardyabout fifty people live. The explosion, according to initial information, occurred on the ground floor and after the explosion a fire which involved the first floor. There are more than a dozen firefighting vehicles at the scene, including nine ambulances and two self-medication, as well as police patrols and traffic police.

“Assistance has already been prepared in I shelter for those who will not be able to return home tonight, ”he explained. Christian Cozzi, director of the Civil Protection of Milan. “The first three floors are quite damaged. A structural check is being carried out and the search for the missing persons – he explained – Then the firefighters will say what is accessible. We are contacting about 50 tenants and we will check who cannot go home, who can stay with relatives or will need a room in a hotel. The building at number 22 was also affected and also in other buildings the explosion caused the glass to break ”.