More than 30 people injured in explosion at Italian asylum centre
A video published by the fire brigade shows parts of the two-storey building in San Lorenzo Nuovo, near Viterbo, reduced to rubble after the explosion that occurred shortly before midnight on Friday evening.
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00:00 At least 31 people have been injured in an explosion at an asylum seeker reception centre
00:06 in the central Italian town of San Lorenzo Nuovo.
00:10 The blast came just before midnight on Friday, destroying the building where dozens of people,
00:16 most of them men, were housed in mini apartments.
00:20 One person was seriously injured and was taken to hospital in Rome by helicopter.
00:26 The fire brigade said in a statement that the explosion was probably the result of a
00:30 gas leak.
00:31 An investigation is underway.
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