MILAN, Italy – A van transporting oxygen gasoline canisters exploded in a Milan road on Thursday, injuring one individual and setting close by vehicles and motorbikes ablaze, native officers stated.
The metropolis’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, dominated out foul play and confirmed that no-one had died within the incident.
Sala stated the motive force of the van had advised the hearth brigade that the blaze had began in his engine. “He quickly grabbed the oxygen cylinders he was carrying … He tried to limit the damage but then there was an explosion,” the mayor stated.
He added that the motive force had sustained solely gentle accidents.
Firefighters rapidly extinguished the blaze, which had despatched clouds of thick black smoke into the sky.
Eyewitnesses stated the hearth appeared to have unfold to a close-by constructing, which was evacuated. An area college was additionally evacuated. — Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
