Overview

• In the early hours of July 14, guests at the Hotel Raganelli on Via Aurelia in Rome detected rising gas levels and alerted staff.
• Fire brigades, police and chemical-radiological teams evacuated 96 guests from 44 of the hotel’s 46 rooms as a precaution.
• Six hotel guests and one emergency operator were treated for carbon monoxide intoxication and remain hospitalized.
• The leak was fully contained by mid-morning, gas emissions have ceased and most guests have returned to their rooms.
• Authorities seized the hotel’s boiler for forensic inspection, underscoring the need for regular heating system checks.