The explosion of the fuel station in Rome wounds dozens of people: “I felt my skin burned”

The authorities said that the explosion of a fuel station rocked a neighborhood in southeastern Rome on Friday, injuring at least 25, including 10 respondents.

The explosion was heard across the Italian capital after 8 am in a short time in a local time and sent a huge cloud of dark smoke and fire that was visible from all over the city.

The mayor of Rome Roberto Galtiri said that local police and firefighters rushed to the Prinisto neighborhood after receiving a report on gas leakage. He added that explosions after their arrival.

“The local police immediately evacuated a nearby sports center, while other officers evacuated the buildings on the other side of the fuel station, and avoided a more dangerous tragedy,” said Jawalteri.

Elizabetta Akardo, a police spokeswoman in Rome, said that 16 residents were injured, including two in “severe circumstances”, and they were transferred to the hospital at Castilino Hospital in Rome.

She said: “Nine of the injured law enforcement agent – Police and Karabeniri – and one of the firefighters.” “Fortunately, they are not in life -threatening circumstances.”

There were fifteen teams of fire fighting at the site in an attempt to make fire under control.

Photos and videos of the scene showed widespread damage after the explosion, including vehicles and burning buildings.

“The explosion was really strong. I felt my skin burned,” Michel Seko, 23, who worked at the sports center now was wapped, told AFP.

Massimo Partlette told the local news port, Rome Reblika, that the first explosion was a “classic fiery ball” and that it was the second that was “Hilsh”.

“A fiery mushroom is formed in the sky. He made the entire area shaking. It seemed to be hell, everything was flying in the sky,” he added.

The general prosecutors in Rome began an investigation into the cause of the explosion, which could be linked to the leakage of the previous gas during the discharge stage of the texture of the texture at the station.

The sports center was evacuated near the gas station quickly by the police after the first explosion.

Al -Zani Fabio, head of the sports center, told AFP that about 60 children were on the site for a summer camp and about 120 people were booked to use the pool on Friday morning.

“It was a massacre, a catastrophe,” Balzani told AFP.

The police said they had examined the area of ​​the people who were injured or trapped in nearby buildings.

Barbara Pelarnelli said that she and her daughter were slightly injured when they heard the first explosion and left their house to investigate before they exploded.

“As soon as we heard the second explosion, we were also subjected to a ball from the fire. I believed that a car near us exploded, it was metal fragments flying in the air,” she said. “We felt a fire on the skin, and my daughter’s arm is still red, it was terrible.”

Other residents said the explosion was so high and violent that it hit nearby buildings “like the earthquake”, broken windows and tearing shutters.

Pope Liu XIV said that he was praying for those affected by the explosion, which occurred “in the heart of Abrashi.”

Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said she was closely following developments.

in After social mediaI wrote: “I expressed my closeness to all the people who were injured – including law enforcement officers, firefighters and health workers – and I offer my heart to be for those involved in rescue and safety operations.”