Fear this morning in a house in Conselve, in the province of Padua, where one LPG gas cylinder suddenly exploded, involving in its explosion whoever was in the house at the time, namely a mother and her little girl. The emergency car immediately started up and the two were rushed to hospital with very serious burns. It will now be the task of the relevant bodies to establish what could have caused the terrible domestic accident.
The morning explosion
According to the little information leaked so far, the episode occurred during the morning today, Friday 24 May, around 11.30 am. The explosion occurred in via Roma, in Conselve. We still don’t know what may have caused the explosion. At a certain point the LPG gas cylinder is exploded, overwhelming those in its vicinity. A 32-year-old woman of Moroccan origins and her 3-year-old daughter were burned.
The roar was naturally heard nearby, and the alarm was raised immediately. The Piove di Sacco firefighters rushed to the scene, as well as the local police forces and the 118 health workers. Mother and daughter were promptly rescued and transferred to an ambulance. After being stabilized, they were transported in code red to the emergency room with burns deemed serious.
According to what has leaked, the 32-year-old is now hospitalized in the Padua hospital, while the girl 3 years old was entrusted to the care of the medical staff of the Schiavonia hospital.
The works of securing of the area continued until 2.30 pm today.
The investigations
Firefighters are still assessing the situation.
According to an initial reconstruction, the explosion occurred following a gas leak. It seems that the woman was baking bread in the oven, located right next to the house, and at a certain point the cylinder exploded.
