Gas Leak Explosion in Sassari: Survivor Extracted from Rubble

Fear in Sassari , where around 12.30 a gas cylinder exploded , on the corner between via don Minzoni and via Principessa Maria.

After the explosion , the roof of a house with an attic on the top floor collapsed, overwhelming the tenant.

RECOVERY OF THE WOUNDED

"He barely moved his eyes and lips." The commander of the Sassari fire department Antonio Giordano recounts the intervention of his men to recover Antonio Lambroni, the 62-year-old overwhelmed by the explosion of the gas cylinder in his apartment. The man was carried out of the apartment by the firefighters wrapped in a thermal blanket, immediately oxygenated, and taken to the emergency room of the Santissima Annunziata hospital. His conditions are very serious.

Relief for the man's son who immediately reported his father's presence and lived in despair the time that passed before the police were able to enter. The teams intervened together with 118, State police and local police.

Lambroni was supposed to take part in the choir that was supposed to perform Carmina Burana this evening.

FIREFIGHTERS AT RISK

The explosion sent bricks and other debris crashing into the street, and two parked cars were destroyed. The 115 emergency workers were in danger of being trapped in the blast. The block was closed for fear of further collapses or explosions.

MEDEA: NOT SERVED BY THE NETWORK

From the first surveys carried out with the fire brigade, the attic "does not appear to be served by the city methane distribution network". This is specified in a note by the gas distribution company Medea. "Consequently, the cause of the event is to be attributed to another source", concludes the note.