Overview
- The explosion struck Piana del Sole on Sunday afternoon, ripping through homes near Via Tavagnasco and Via Ciglié on Rome’s outskirts.
- Emergency services instructed about 70 residents to evacuate, with several buildings declared uninhabitable after at least three collapsed.
- Three people were hospitalized at Sant’Eugenio Hospital, including homeowners Michele and Chiara De Bari, 84 and 86, who suffered significant burns, and a 24-year-old rescued from the rubble.
- Authorities indicate liquefied petroleum gas cylinders buried in a rear garden as the likely source, though the exact cause remains under formal review.
- Debris was thrown several hundred metres, and city agencies, firefighters, local police and Civil Protection are assessing safety and arranging temporary housing for evacuees.