Overview

• The blast tore through a deposit on via Peppino De Filippo, a side street off via Foria, at around 7 p.m. local time
• Firefighters recovered the body of a 55-year-old Neapolitan man who had been reported missing after the explosion
• Four people were injured, including a woman rescued from a partially collapsed first-floor apartment and taken to hospital in critical condition
• Adjacent kitchens and premises of the ‘A figlia d’o Marenaro’ restaurant were heavily damaged and two apartments in the building were also affected
• Prefect Michele di Bari activated the emergency coordination center as fire, police and medical teams secured the scene and launched an official investigation into the cause