Bolzano: Explosion in apartment building demands five injured

Bolzano – There was great excitement in the early afternoon in the Bozner district of Haslach. On early Thursday afternoon at 2:21 p.m., the professional fire brigade in Bolzano received a report of a suspected deflagration at Kuebachweg 87 ion Bozen. On arrival of the first crew, the explosion event was confirmed, which directly affected house numbers 87 and 85 and caused structural damage [...]

At around 2.30 p.m., a loud bang was heard in Haslach: According to first information, an object – probably a gas bottle – exploded in an apartment on the second floor of an apartment building on the Küepachweg. The man who lives in the affected apartment suffered burns – the advanced volunteer fire brigade Oberau-Haslach and the professional fire brigade in Bolzano barred the inhabitants, medical personnel of the White Cross supplied him on sit…