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Elderly women remain trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Naples, southern Italy. The three-storey building collapsed in Torre del Greco, with three people pulled alive from the rubble.
They remain injured in hospital. Meanwhile, firefighters and Italian military police force Carabinieri, remain at the scene.
Specialist search teams have also been deployed and two elderly women are reportedly trapped in their homes, blocked by the debris that has obstructed several alleys in the city centre.
Two elderly women are trapped in their homes (ANSA/AFP via Getty Images)Firefighters are working to free the women, who did not suffer any consequences from the collapse.
Rescue teams are still digging through the rubble, but based on the checks conducted so far, there are no reports of missing people.
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The building is located in the heart of the Vesuvian town, between Vico Pizzo and Corso Umberto, and it was occupied. Traffic has been blocked in a wide perimeter around the collapse area.
Specialist search teams have also been deployed (ANSA/AFP via Getty Images)"Here the buildings are very old, but this one, in particular, had issues, it was known," residents of the historic centre said of a predicted disaster.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is "monitoring the rescue operations of the people involved in the collapse in Torre del Greco. She has spoken on the phone with the fire department commander and is constantly updated," according to sources from Palazzo Chigi.