at least 12 people were missing as a result of a powerful gas explosion in the Italian commune of Ravanuz on Sicily Island. It is reported by Giornale de Sicilia newspaper.
It is reported that as a result of the explosion there was a collapse of the five-story year, in addition, the explosive wave damaged two neighboring buildings. The incident occurred at about 20:30 local time (22:30 MSK).
According to the latest data, among the missing three children and married couple, the media report that the woman was pregnant. The exact number of victims is still unknown. There are people under the wreckage of the building, they are looking for rescuers. Searches complicate permanent gas leaks. According to eyewitnesses, the tenants of the house felt the smell of gas a few days before the tragedy.
Firefighters work on site, ambulance and other emergency services. In addition, three volunteers brigades arrived in Ravanuz.
In early September, a 66-year-old pensioner from the Sverdlovsk region in the midst of the night opened gas in the apartment and began to threaten the explosion, and after the arrival of the police officers were climbed from his balcony on the fifth floor to the fourth floor to the neighbors. The gas in the house was blocked, all the tenants were evacuated. Russians detained and transferred to doctors.