Overview
- Firefighters entered the condemned three‑story Magazzino 18 in Porto Vecchio where a wooden mezzanine was fully ablaze and later collapsed during the operation.
- Rescuers found two carbonized bodies, a man and a woman, on the first floor while other people sheltering in the building escaped, authorities said.
- Police, carabinieri, scientific police and a medical examiner are examining the scene and treating the cause and any criminal responsibility as an active inquiry.
- Crews completed prolonged extinguishing, debris removal and partial securing of the structure using a tracked mini‑excavator and other equipment.
- The warehouse has long been used as an improvised shelter by migrants arriving on the Balkan route and the blaze highlights risks from derelict port buildings and informal overnight housing.