translated from Spanish: Fatal collapse in Genoa: found 22 dead and anticipated that the number will rise

the Deputy Minister of infrastructure, Edoardo Rixi, confirmed that 22 people died after the collapse of a section of a bridge in the Italian city of Genoa and said that “Unfortunately it will increase” the number of victims.

There are also five seriously injured, according to the Italian Interior Ministry sources confirmed to EFE.

A stretch of viaduct in the Italian city of Genoa collapsed and 11 people dead. Authorities are trying to rescue victims between vacuum and under the rubble fallen vehicles, as it confirmed the fire.

So far, they rescued two survivors of the tragedy and security teams continue to work on the place.

Morandi bridge measures 1182 meters long and 90 meters high. A stretch of two-lane about 100 meters long collapsed.

The rescatistas│Foto: EFEEn the place work safety and emergency equipment. To get the vehicles under the debris and possible survivors, teams went to work to search dogs.

According to the local media, they suggest that there may be a dozen of affected vehicles.

Firefighters explained on Twitter that the collapse occurred around 12 o’clock local time (10.00 GMT), and are actively working with urban search and rescue team media (use, by its acronym in English) and search dogs.

The police reported the collapse and explained that you occurred after “a violent barrage of water”.

The bridge was built in the 1960’s and joins the A10 motorway, coming from the border of France, with the A7 towards Milan (North). The viaduct runs through an urban area where there are shopping malls, residential buildings and industrial areas.

The infrastructure Minister, Danilo Toninelli, said on Twitter that continues “with the maximum apprehension” what happened in Genoa and which is shaping up as an “immense tragedy”.

Original source in Spanish