ROME — A wing of a three-story residence constructing collapsed Sunday in a seaside suburb of Naples, and three folks have been pulled out alive from the rubble, Italian officers mentioned.

“As of now, there aren't any indications of individuals lacking,’ mentioned Luca Cari, a spokesperson for Italy’s nationwide firefighters’ corps, of the collapse of the constructing in Torre del Greco, a city 7 miles from Naples.

Firefighters initially mentioned they pulled out two survivors. Later a neighborhood inside ministry official confirmed Italian media experiences {that a} third survivor was rescued.

Local officers instructed reporters on the scene that every one individuals have been accounted for.

“It’s a miracle, really a miracle,” Torre del Greco Mayor Luigi Mennella instructed state TV. Some 23 folks lived within the constructing, and the city was working to seek out short-term housing for these residents and a few 20 others who lived in adjoining buildings, he mentioned.

Among these pulled alive from the mound of rubble was the proprietor of a pizzeria down the block who occurred to be in entrance of the constructing when it collapsed, Rai state TV mentioned.

Survivors have been being handled in hospital for fractures, Rai mentioned.

Two passersby have been barely injured by fragments of particles and have been handled on the scene, Italian information experiences mentioned.

Rai TV mentioned 5 households have been dwelling within the constructing, which it described as run-down in Italy’s southern Campania area.

Firefighters tweeted that canine skilled to seek for folks in constructing collapses labored with the rescue groups, who introduced in earth-moving tools to help their efforts. Police and firefighters scrambled over a mound of rubble of their search.

Cause of the collapse of the constructing, believed to be about 200 years previous, was below investigation.

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