Overview
- Firefighters are working to reach a 66-year-old Romanian worker who is conscious under rubble, using debris-removal equipment to clear a path.
- The first collapse struck late morning, followed by a second around 1 p.m. that hit rescuers and temporarily halted operations.
- Four workers were injured, including a 64-year-old taken to San Giovanni in critical condition, and a firefighter was treated for eye irritation at the Oftalmico hospital.
- Eleven laborers were on site for the restoration, with several lifted from scaffolding by ladder trucks as authorities sealed the area to traffic.
- The restoration under Rome’s Caput Mundi plan, worth about €6.9 million in PNRR funds, is now the focus of a criminal inquiry with technical assessments underway.