Overview
- Four members of a family were found dead from suspected carbon monoxide exposure in a home in Rughi, Porcari (Lucca), with a fifth relative taken to Pisa’s Cisanello hospital in critical condition but expected to survive, according to health authorities.
- Three carabinieri who entered the Porcari residence to assist were slightly intoxicated and received care, as firefighters conducted technical checks at the terraced house on Via Galgani.
- In Milan, 16 people at the Nido del Sorriso daycare—12 toddlers, two teachers, and two parents—were evaluated after a morning leak, with several transported in moderate condition and no life‑threatening cases reported.
- The Milan prosecutor’s office, led on duty by Francesco Cajani, will open an inquiry for negligent injury focusing on renovation work and altered piping in an apartment above the daycare, with no responsibility indicated for the daycare operators at this stage.
- Hours earlier, firefighters responded to a restaurant in Cantello (Varese) where 18 people were intoxicated, and subsequent checks detected carbon monoxide traces in apartments above, with a malfunctioning boiler reported as the suspected source.