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Huge explosion in centre of Rome injures multiple people as locals flee for safety
- A series of powerful explosions occurred at a petrol station in the Prenestino Labicano neighbourhood of eastern Rome on July 4, 2025, injuring around 30 people and damaging nearby buildings.
- The explosions followed a gas leak caused when a truck hit a pipeline at the refuelling station, prompting emergency services to respond before the subsequent blasts.
- Firefighters and police officers rushed to the scene on Via dei Gordiani at about 8:18am local time and faced multiple chain explosions, with the fire spreading to a nearby depot and causing evacuations.
- Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri reported that nine police officers and one firefighter were among those injured in the explosion, with one individual seriously affected. The blast caused extensive destruction, impacting nearby buildings such as a sports center where children had been attending a summer camp but were safely evacuated prior to the incident.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni monitored the incident and contacted local authorities to offer assistance, while prosecutors began investigating the cause, and fire suppression efforts continued with the fire still ongoing.
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Some 30 people were injured on Friday, mostly slightly, during the explosion of a gas station in Rome.
Video - According to the mayor of the Italian capital, a gas leak would have caused a fire, resulting in the intervention of firefighters and law enforcement forces, before the explosion occurred. An investigation was opened.
ROME (AP) — A gas station exploded early Friday in southeastern Rome, injuring at least 25 people, including nine police officers and a firefighter, local authorities and rescuers said.
A massive explosion took place at a gas station in Italy on Friday. Dozens of people present there were affected by it. According to an estimate, about 30 people have been injured in this explosion.
Many people have been injured in an explosion at a gas station in the Italian capital of Rome.
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