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BackBlast in via Longo in Bergamo: 50 people evacuated, 9 injured including a Romanian couple in serious condition
Blast in via Longo in Bergamo: 50 people evacuated, 9 injured including a Romanian couple in serious condition
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Blast in via Longo in Bergamo: 50 people evacuated, 9 injured including a Romanian couple in serious condition

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  • An explosion that occurred at 7.30pm in Via Longo in Bergamo forced around 50 people to leave their homes.
  • The Romanian couple residing in the ground floor apartment where the explosion occurred were seriously injured and taken to hospital in Milan.
  • In total there are nine injured, two with code yellow and five with green.

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Why It Matters

The explosion occurred at 7.30pm in Via Longo in Bergamo, coming from the kitchen of a ground floor apartment where a couple of Romanian origin lived.

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Around fifty people had to leave their homes following the explosion which occurred at 7.30pm this evening in Via Longo in Bergamo. They are hosted by relatives or in hotel facilities made available by the Municipality. The building that was the scene of the explosion was declared unusable by the firefighters.

The police headquarters reconstructed that the explosion started from the kitchen of a ground floor apartment, inside which there were a husband and wife of Romanian origin, both seriously injured. The two suffered burns and the woman (who is in danger of life) and the man in Milan were transported under code red to hospital in Milan. Overall, nine people were injured, two with code yellow and five with green. The adjacent buildings, despite the damage caused by the shock wave, did not report conditions such as to make evacuation necessary and were declared usable. The prefect of Bergamo Luca Rotondi, the police commissioner Vincenzo Nicolì and the deputy prosecutor in charge of the case, Emanuele Marchisio, also arrived on site.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • Technical and judicial investigations will be carried out to determine the causes of the explosion.

    Very likely · Within days

  • The building declared unusable will remain closed until the structural checks and safety works are completed.

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What was the exact cause of the explosion?
  • What are the current conditions of the two seriously injured people transported to Milan?
  • Have there been warnings or previous reports of danger in the apartment?
  • What structural damage has the building declared uninhabitable suffered?

Related Topics

Bergamo
PeopleLuca RotondiVincenzo NicolìEmanuele MarchisioHusband of Romanian origin
OrganizationsPrefecture of BergamoBergamo Police HeadquartersBergamo Prosecutor's OfficeFire brigade
Placesvia LongoMilan
Topicsexplosionvia longoinjuredevacuationRomanian couplefirefighters
This article was originally published by ANSA Cronaca.

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