UPDATED: People wounded in explosion in Milan

Six people were injured with one more seriously after an explosion that occurred this morning in a building in Piazzale Libia in Milan.

The most serious person is the one who was in the ground floor apartment where the explosion occurred. The some parts on the inside of the building collapsed with the explosion. 

People at the site of an explosion in an apartment this morning in Milan, Italy, 12 September 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI

Firefighters are searching for some people who probably trapped under the rubble.

The cause of the explosion is so far unknown but initial suspicions are that it could have been a gas leak.

Police and firefighters at the site of an explosion in an apartment this morning in Milan, Italy, 12 September 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI
Firefighters at the site of an explosion in an apartment this morning in Milan, Italy, 12 September 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI

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