RAVANUSA, Italy – At least three people died in the collapse of two buildings in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa following a gas explosion, the captain of the local firefighters said on Sunday.
Six people were missing and two were found alive under the rubble of the building, said the captain, Giuseppe Merendino.
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Rubble, broken glass, and debris piled up following the building collapse. DAPRESS/SplashNews.com
Firefighters attended to a victim of the building collapse. Guglielmo Mangiapane/REUTERSA priest who was celebrating mass nearby on Saturday evening said the houses caught fire after a natural gas pipe exploded in the town of 11,000 people near Agrigento, a city in the southwest of the island famous for its Greek temples.
Firemen were still digging in the rubble for the missing, including a young man.
“It is a huge tragedy… Let’s pray to ask God to avoid more deaths,” said the priest, Filippo Barbera.
Six people were missing and two were found alive under the rubble of the building, said the captain, Giuseppe Merendino. Vigili del Fuoco/AFP via Getty I
An apartment building collapsed following a gas explosion. Vigili del Fuoco/AFP via Getty IComments
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