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The fire broke out in a five-storey apartment block in via Piero Bottoni in Milan shortly after 4.30pm, initially affecting the false ceiling and rapidly spreading to the upper floors via fumes.
Five people were injured following a fire that broke out shortly after 4.30pm in Milan in via Piero Bottoni. The flames hit the false ceiling of the five-story apartment building and within a few minutes the smoke reached the upper floors. About twenty firefighters intervened on site and with five vehicles evacuated the residents who were stuck on the upper floors. After putting out the fire, staff concentrated on making the area safe. The causes of the fire are still unknown. 118 personnel were also on site.

A car hit a group of seven cyclists in Signa, in the province of Florence. The injured, aged between 60 and 70, were transported to the hospitals of Careggi and Prato. For two of them the prognosis is reserved.

Five young people were surprised by bad weather during an excursion on the B5 - Rava del Ferro path in the area of Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, in the Pescarese area. The alarm was raised around 7pm at 112 and rescue operations are underway by the Alpine Rescue, firefighters, 118 and carabinieri.
A car and a scooter sank into a sinkhole that opened in Naples, in the Materdei district, due to bad weather. The driver was rescued by residents. Councilor Pino De Stasio denounces the poor maintenance of the historic paving.

Two ultralights collided in flight at Sassuolo airport. One pilot was uninjured, while the second crashed and was hospitalized with medium severity. Investigations underway into the dynamics of the accident.

In Roccaraso, the engine of the Italian Trans-Siberian railway hit a construction vehicle during work on a bridge. Three workers injured, one seriously transported by helicopter. The 400 passengers on board the historic train were unharmed.

On 9 October 1963, a landslide of 260 million cubic meters detached itself from Monte Toc and caused a 230 meter wave that destroyed several villages along the Piave, causing 1,917 victims. The Vajont disaster remains one of the most serious tragedies in 20th century Italian history, with judicial, civil and environmental consequences that have continued for decades.