A building collapsed in the historic center of Afragola, around 9 pm, in via Giovanni Ciaramella. Carabinieri, firefighters, police and 118 ambulances are on site. Digging is done in search of any missing persons. The building, officially uninhabited and cordoned off, had recently become an occasional night residence for non-EU citizens.
At the moment there could be four people missing from the roll call. Residents of neighboring buildings heard a loud roar before the collapse. The road, which in recent weeks had already been hit by two chasms, was invaded by debris.
On the site there is also the African mayor Antonio Pannone as well as the deputy mayor Biagio Castaldo. “Since this is a disused building and undergoing renovation, there is no certain data regarding the presence of missing persons under the rubble, but the firefighters are doing all the necessary checks. The doubt is that he could live in the premises someone illegally “, is the hot comment of the mayor Pannone.
The building adjacent to that of the collapse was cleared for safety reasons.
“Restoring dignity and safety to the historic center”
“New year, old collapses … Yet another collapse in the center of Afragola. While time is lost even in finding the right definition between ancient, historical, old or something else, entire buildings continue to collapse. This time it was a building uninhabited for some time, but we are still trying to understand if it was ‘inhabited’ by some homeless or if some passerby was overwhelmed by the rubble.
The solution is certainly not easy, but it is not acceptable that a concrete ‘path’ has not yet been launched that can restore dignity and security to the oldest part of Afragola. We have been talking about it for some time. Too much time “, writes Antonio Iazzetta, councilor of Afragola in a note.
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