It could have been a massacre. Luckily at that time, it was dawn on Tuesday 2 July 2024, there was almost no one, despite the fact that we are talking about one of the busiest streets in the city, a stone’s throw from the market. A piece of cornice broke off from a building in Piazza Sant’Ambrogio in Florence.
Falling bricks and rubble, the bang and the cloud of dust. So much the fear of the few present at that moment. Shocked by that cascade of stones. Shocked by a tragedy grazedThe piece of cornice that broke away from the building collapsed next to the shrine below, slightly injuring the newsagentcertainly the most frightened by what happened.
The intervention
The firefighters and the municipal police intervened on site, called by residents awakened by the noise warned early in the morning. The area has been cordoned off and workers will remove the rubble. The building will certainly be subjected to checks to understand the reasons for the collapse and whether there is a possibility of further collapses.
The mayor also arrived in Piazza Sant’Ambrogio for an inspection Sara Funaro. This time tragedy was narrowly avoided, with the newsagent only slightly injured on one arm by the debris, but the risk was very high. Therefore, urgent action is needed checks quick e in-depth throughout the building.
