Rescuers pull four more bodies from rubble after Sicily explosion


  • World
  • Monday, 13 Dec 2021

Rescuers work at the site of a gas explosion that caused several houses to collapse in Ravanusa, Italy, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

RAVANUSA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers have pulled four more bodies out of the rubble of houses destroyed by a suspected gas explosion in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa, bringing the total death toll to seven, the fire brigade said.

Two people are still missing from Saturday's blast, which demolished four houses and badly damaged another three.

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