Elderly women savedĪn elderly woman was rescued from the rubble of a building "probably near to those affected by the disaster," DRPC Sicilia said in an update early Sunday.
One body was pulled from the rubble, DRPC Sicilia said, adding that two women were rescued and a further eight people remained missing. They started to search the rubble for missing residents, including a young couple expecting a baby and two children. Rescue workers were able to contain the fire triggered by the explosion around 11:15 p.m., but emergency workers could access the site due to "pockets of gas," DRPC Sicilia said.Ībout 250 rescuers, including civil protection volunteers, joined the operation, aided by sniffer dogs and overhead drones. However, Italian news agency ANSA later cited it as saying that six buildings were hit. The explosion, in the town of 11,000 near the Sicilian city of Agrigento, affected four buildings, according to Sicily's civil protection unit DRPC Sicilia. One of the buildings was on fire after a methane leak caused the blast at about 8:30 p.m. Hope will not be extinguished," he added. "We have the whole country on our side, and the best human and technological resources are in place. We are searching in the hope of finding our six fellow citizens still alive," Ravanusa Mayor Carmelo D'Angelo said, according to Italian news agency AGI. Six people still remained unaccounted for. At least three people died and several others, including children, were missing after several buildings collapsed in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa following a gas explosion, Italian emergency services said early Sunday.
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