- The three family members died after a suspected gas explosion
- Fortunately, the father and a baby were pulled out of the rubble alive
- Firefighters continue their search for the grandmother
A mother and her two young children were tragically killed Sunday in a suspected gas explosion at their Naples home.
On Sunday morning, the house in the Saviano neighborhood collapsed, killing a boy and a girl who lived there with their family. A woman who has not yet been officially identified was also killed. According to local media, it was their mother.
Rescue workers found the father and a baby alive, “and unfortunately also the lifeless bodies of the other two children,” firefighters wrote on X Sunday morning.
According to local media, the girl and boy were four and six years old.
After hours of searching the rubble manually and with the help of sniffer dogs, firefighters found a third victim, an unknown woman, fire department spokesman Luca Cari told RaiNews 24.
The house collapsed after a suspected gas explosion
A mother and her two young children were tragically killed on Sunday in a suspected gas explosion at their home in Naples
Local media reported that the search for another woman, although it is believed to be the grandmother who lived upstairs, is still ongoing
According to local media, the search is still ongoing for another woman, although it is believed to be the grandmother who lives above the house.
More than 60 civil protection volunteers have joined the rescue operations, the Campania region wrote on Facebook.
The father and baby rescued from the rubble are recovering in hospital. The father’s condition is serious, media reports.
Firefighters’ images showed two gaping holes in the roof of the building, which had partially collapsed.
According to news reports, a gas explosion could have caused the collapse.
Mayor Vincenzo Simonelli was at the scene and told reporters that the building looked “collapsed” and that the situation was “very serious.”
According to media reports, a gas leak may have caused the explosion, which shook the building’s second floor to its foundations. The building collapsed, covering the lower floor with debris.