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| 3 Italian firefighters killed in building explosion | 3 Italian firefighters killed in building explosion |
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| MILAN — Three Italian firefighters were killed early Tuesday in a building explosion that appears to have been deliberate in the northwestern region of Piedmont. | |
| Sky TG24 reported that the firefighters were responding to a report of an explosion in a disused section of a farm building in Alessandria province when a second, stronger blast occurred. Three other first responders were injured. | |
| Prosecutor Enrico Cerci told reporters that a timer and a gas canister have been found in the rubble, which “makes us think that the explosion was deliberate.” | |
| No motive was immediately clear. | |
| One of the dead was buried under rubble, the body only recovered after hours of digging. | One of the dead was buried under rubble, the body only recovered after hours of digging. |
| Italy’s interior minister was due to visit the site later in the day, amid an outpouring of sympathy for the families of the dead and injured from Italian officials and authorities. | |
| Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |