Overview

• A routine refuelling at a GPL station on Via dei Gordiani in Rome triggered two successive blasts that injured more than 40 people.
• The Rome prosecutor opened a negligent disaster case, seized the blast area and ordered forensic inspections of the refuelling infrastructure.
• Arpa Lazio reported dioxins-TEQ readings of 1 pg/m3 in air samples and installed gas detectors around schools and residences to assess ongoing risks.
• Two critically burned victims remain sedated and mechanically ventilated in Sant’Eugenio’s burn unit while all other patients have been discharged.
• In Turin investigators found traces of an ignition device in the June 30 building explosion and arrested 40-year-old security guard Giovanni Zippo on charges of voluntary homicide and disastro doloso.