Overview
- Bruno Savoia, 43, died early January 18 at Sant'Andrea Hospital in Vercelli after more than two weeks in intensive care.
- The explosion occurred in the courtyard of his building during New Year’s Eve celebrations with friends, involving a homemade firecracker.
- Surgeons performed emergency surgery but could not reconstruct his amputated left hand, and he suffered severe abdominal injuries and burns.
- His partner, Grazia, says she called the 118 emergency number 18 times without an ambulance arriving, a claim now drawing official scrutiny.
- The Vercelli prosecutor will order an autopsy, and the Carabinieri are conducting the investigation into the circumstances of the blast and the response.