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Italy Seeks Gas Supply Answers After Explosions in Torino and Sassari

Authorities are tracing gas lines to pinpoint why a mansard blast killed one person in Torino, with debris clearance under way in Sassari.

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Overview

  • In Torino, an explosion at 3:15 a.m. tore through a sixth-floor mansard at via Nizza 389, collapsing the roof and damaging two adjacent apartments.
  • Firefighters discovered 35-year-old Jacopo Peretti dead under rubble and hospitalized five others, including a 12-year-old boy in intensive care for severe burns.
  • Eight firefighting teams from Vigili del Fuoco di Torino extinguished the blaze and conducted structural assessments of the building.
  • In Sassari, rescue crews found a 63-year-old man alive under debris after a separate morning blast leveled a second-floor mansard.
  • Medea, the local gas distributor, says the Sassari building was not on the municipal network, pointing investigators toward alternative gas sources.