Overview

• The restaurant’s ceiling collapsed without warning during a busy Monday evening service, burying staff and patrons under debris.
• Emergency crews freed ten people from the wreckage and briefly revived a 31-year-old sommelier who later died in hospital; three others remain critically injured.
• Italy’s prosecutor’s office has sealed the premises and launched a criminal probe into the collapse’s cause.
• Witness statements suggest two distinct roof failures, and media theories point to recent heavy rains and high winds undermining the structure.
• The disaster has raised alarms over building inspections and weather-related vulnerabilities at prestigious coastal venues.