The evacuation of the eight families living in the building in the center of Naples has been ordered, where the explosion of a gas cylinder in a ground floor room caused the collapse of an attic yesterday. The accident occurred in the Forcella district .

The explosion occurred in a room in Vico San Nicola ai Casati , underneath a four-story building accessed from Vico della Pace. The injured are three men, of foreign nationality, hospitalized in the Cardarelli hospital in Naples for burns to various parts of the body.

In the evacuated building there are also three people with walking difficulties , who are waiting for the installation of a walkway to make it easier to move around.

On-site interventions by firefighters, civil protection, law enforcement and 118 .

Regarding the episode, the prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, called a meeting of the Rescue Coordination Center at the government palace.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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