Overwhelmed or Rome by the fierce explosion At a gas station in the Protestino district on Friday morning (04.07.2025), which triggered a series of successive explosions, injuring at least 21 people – including firefighters, police and locals, according to Italian media. ERT transmitted that the injured are 30.
The area has been blocked by the Police and at this time efforts are continuing to extinguish the fire caused by the explosion in Rome, sowing panic in the area.
Residents of the area reported that the noise of the explosion was very strong, as if exploding for a bomb, and that “Metallic and glass objects were tossed in the air.”
Elizabeth Akkardo, a spokesman for the Rome police, explained that the initial explosion caused by fire, which triggered a smaller explosion, leading to a devastating sequence.
“There have been several consecutive explosions after the first,” he told RAI public television, according to the Dailymail.
The first report was talking about 9 injured by the Security Forces and the Fire Brigade. Five were rushed to the hospital with severe burns and injuries to glasses fragments, but no dead have been reported so far. The newest report spoke of 21 injured and the latter for 30.
An eyewitness who spoke to La Repubblica described an image of chaos, like a “bomb” that had exploded.
“I was running – I was less than a hundred meters from the petrol pump”said Massimo Bartereti.
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“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. It 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.
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The Fire Department said in a statement:
“We are facing an explosion of fuel tank … the fire is still raging.”
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Fire spokesman Luca Curry later confirmed that a firefighter was injured, fortunately not seriously, and that ten teams were trying to the spot.
At the point of the explosion a damaged ambulance with burnt bonnet and doors was found. The explosion caused Damage to neighboring buildingsit broke glass and triggered a fire that spread to a court building just behind the gas station.
Rome’s public transport company, ATAC, announced that it was closed by a subway station, at the behest of the Police, which was conducting a nearby kindergarten and sports center for any injuries.
Many hospitals in Rome, such as San Giovanni, Sandro Pertini and Sant’Eugenio, have been ready to receive injuries.
Italian Prime Minister George Meloni told social media: “I closely watch the consequences of the explosion that occurred this morning at a gas station in the Protestino district of Rome. I spoke with the city’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, and I remain in constant contact with Deputy Minister Alfredo Mantovano and the authorities to monitor the evolution of the situation. “
The cause of the fire that caused the initial explosion remains unknown and is being investigated by the authorities.
Information from DailyMail