Blast injures 45 at petrol station in Rome

On Friday, forty -five people were injured in a large explosion at a gas station in Rome, the Italian capital.

According to emergency services, two of them are in critical state and four were seriously injured and hospital treatment.

ANSA News Agency, including citizens and emergency service personnel, including about 45 people were injured, he said.

These include 11 police officers, a member of the Carabini Police Force of Italy, six firefighters and three medical officers treated by emergency services and assistants.

The incident said that the Termini occurred in the Prenestino region, which is not far from the Central Station, shortly after local time.

Emergency services had already begun to evacuate a gas leak reports and started evacuation measures.

The first findings indicate that the explosion is caused by liquid gas when transferred to a tanker truck in a gas tank in a leaking and burning gas station.

Lieutenant Colonel Antonino Giorgio from Carabinieri gave to journalists like a war zone.

Giorgio was injured when he was shot by the heat wave. “I just regret that we couldn’t save more people,” he said.

After hours, some areas around Dei Gordiani still smelled of smoke, and the sound of the August was high on the quiet street.

Some houses have broken windows and there were pieces of glass lying on the ground.

Firefighters took the cord from the explosion area. “My mother said it was like a bomb, Simon Simona said to Pantaleo DPA.

Shortly after the explosion, he went to his 85 -year -old mother’s house to ensure that it was safe, like others in the densely populated neighborhood.

About five hours later, they were still waiting for relatives who were examined by emergency services.

Carabinieri Major Andrea Quattrocchi, the operation was difficult because there was an ambulance store next to the gas station where oxygen cylinders were stored.

Officers control the suspicion that the liquid gas leak may be caused by the tanker hit a conductive pipe.

The exact conditions of the explosion are still being investigated.

In addition to the oil station, a sports center with a tennis court was damaged and a nearby summer camp with eight children was released in the morning.

According to DPA reporters, people heard and felt the explosion in various parts of the city. The surrounding buildings were damaged.

Roman Mayor Roberto Gualtieri resorted to abandoning the region affected by the population in the social media as a precaution.

The explosion was over 38C in a long wave of heat in the Italian capital.

Medical tents were installed at the scene, and the Roman city urged people to keep their windows off and not to use external air conditioning.

Politicians expressed sympathy and support like Pope Leo Xiv.