US EditionHuge explosion in centre of Rome injures multiple people as locals flee for safety
- On July 4, 2025, several explosions at a petrol station located in the Prenestino area of eastern Rome resulted in injuries to at least 30 individuals.
- The explosions occurred after a truck struck a gas pipeline at the station, leading to a leak while fuel was being delivered and triggering an emergency response.
- Emergency services, including ten teams of firefighters, arrived before the explosions but faced two consecutive blasts while on site, with fires spreading to nearby buildings and a depot.
- Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri reported nine law enforcement officers, including eight police and one firefighter, were injured but not in critical condition, and described the damage as "enormous."
- Authorities continue extinguishing fires and investigating the cause, while evacuations and area closures remain in effect, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni follows the situation closely.
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Many people have been injured in an explosion at a gas station in the Italian capital of Rome.
The video of the exact moment of the explosion at the gpd Agip distributor in Via dei Gordiani, in the Prenestino district of Rome. A scary explosion...
ROMA.- At least 27 people were injured this Friday by the explosion at a service station in Rome, Italy. The episode was recorded in videos showing giant smoke columns and large flames after the explosion.According to what the mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, told the press, most of the wounded did not show serious pictures. Among them there were nine members of the security forces, according to the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Gualtieri added that t…
Video footage shows a fireball in the sky, even at the other end of the city broken windows: A massive explosion at a gas station occurred in Rome. After the police arrived, a second detonation followed.
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