Shocking are the images from the explosion noted today (04.07.2025) at a gas station at Romewith the authorities reporting that 29 people have been injured.
The bombed landscape is the Prenestino area in Rome after a gas station explosion, which caused huge material damage, dense tobacco and panic to people who experienced terror after “the earth was shaken” as they typically said.
According to the competent authorities, a man is in serious condition and two others carry burns while The injured have reached a total of 29.
#WATCH : More footages of Powerful explosion struck a fuel depot on Via dei Gordiani in Rome, Italy#Rome #Explosion #Gasstationexplosion #Ghases pic.twitter.com/KsgcqMgA8f
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Meanwhile, authorities have asked residents to keep the windows of the houses and offices closed due to any toxic fumes.
BREAKING: New video shows the moment of the gas depot explosion in Rome, Italy, injuring several police officers, firefighters and passer-by. pic.twitter.com/OuLYImVArD
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The mayor of Rome Roma Roberto Gualtiieri, who is in constant contact with Italian Prime Minister George Meloni, went to the area. On his side, Pope Leo ID ‘”monitors developments and prays for the health of all those injured by this tragic incident,” according to a statement.
In addition to the firefighters and the Civil Protection Service, the Karabinier forces rushed to the area. They managed to unleash a man from his IX car, which had begun to be burning.
Residents of the area reported that The noise of the explosion was very strong ‘as if exploding for a bomb’ and that ‘They were tossed in the air metallic and glass objects ».
BREAKING: Massive explosion at gas depot in Rome, Italy. Multiple injuries. pic.twitter.com/tlAcJSURLN
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Elizabeth Akkardo, a spokesman for the Rome police, explained that the initial explosion was caused by a fire, which triggered a smaller explosion, leading to a catastrophic sequence.
An eyewitness who spoke to La Repubblica described an image of chaos, like a “bomb” that had exploded: “I saw the first explosion, a classic fiery sphere. Shortly thereafter followed the second, which was hell. A fiery mushroom cloud was formed in the sky. The whole area was shaken. Was hell, everything was flying in the air».
The power of the explosion was such that sections of tanker fuel was fired hundreds of meters away.