Two people died and 15 others were injured Wednesday after a fuel tanker exploded at a gas station in central Italy, according to the country's firefighting service. One of the two victims was a 50-year-old fireman, Stefano Colasanti, who was not a member of the brigades called to assist but selflessly stopped to help his colleagues evacuate the area while he was passing through. Antonio Mannoni, police commissioner of Rieti, explained what happened to Italian news agency Ansa, saying: "I can confirm the outcome of the tragedy is heavy. A fire sparked while a tank truck was unloading gas at a petrol station located at the 39th kilometre on the busy Via Salaria, near Borgo Quinzio, in the province of Rieti, some 80 kilometres from Rome. Davide Basilicata, mayor of the surrounding municipality of Fara in Sabina, said: "We are monitoring the situation, we have diverted the traffic and no one is allowed to go near the area of the blast. The other casualty is a man who was hit by the blast after he stopped to check what was going on.
Two people died while 18 others are injured when a tank truck caught fire and exploded in the city of Rieti, Italy.