Building collapse in Italy kills 2 young children and their mother
The cause of the collapse in Saviano, Naples may have been a gas explosion
A two-storey building collapsed in the southern Italian province of Naples early on Sunday, killing two young siblings and their mother, while burying the children’s grandmother under the rubble, firefighters and local authorities said.
The firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion is likely to have caused the collapse.
Rescuers in the town of Saviano recovered first the bodies of a six-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl, and a few hours later recovered the body of another victim, identified as their mother, local authorities said.
Searches are still under way to find the older woman, identified as the grandmother of the children, who was believed to be trapped under the rubble.
Earlier on Sunday, the siblings’ two-year-old brother had been found alive with the father, who was hospitalised in Naples in a serious condition.