The explosion leveled the building: two dead were pulled out from under the rubble
Firefighters recovered the bodies of Andrea Binelli and Gabriella Piccini from the rubble of the two-story house where they lived in Argenta, in the province of Ferrara. Gas leak caused tragedy
Then an explosion occurred: the roof of what until yesterday had been a two-story building was at street level, and a fire broke out from under the rubble, visible even from afar thanks to a thick cloud of gray smoke. This happened in Monestirolo, on the provincial road between San Nicolo di Argenta and Ferrara. Yesterday evening, Saturday, October 21, at about 9:45 p.m., a loud explosion occurred in the city of Argenta: the explosion was probably caused by the explosion of an underground tank containing liquefied petroleum gas.
According to what Ferraratoday has learned, two people were found under the rubble: Andrea Binelli, a 76-year-old farmer who was pulled out lifeless at about 8 a.m. on Sunday, and Gabriella Piccini, whose body was discovered at 11:30 a.m. Neighbors immediately tried to contact the elderly couple, but the phones continued to ring.
From Piacenza, a special vehicle arrives at the site, equipped with a gripper to crush and demolish the roof, which is unsafe and now risky for search operations. A total of 43 firefighters from Ferrara, Portomaggiore and Molinella are on the scene, as well as teams authorized to search for people from Bologna, Treviso, Rovigo and Venice. Dog squads from Bologna and Parma, as well as digging teams from Forlì and Piacenza.
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