One person is dead and three others injured following an explosion at a building in Portoferraio, in Elba Island (Italy), early this morning 23/07/2019.
Another person remains missing this morning as firefighters search through the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in the town of Portoferraio today. The small port town, a popular holiday hotspot, was rocked by the loud explosion at sunrise. Firefighters arrived just before 5.00am.
The five people involved are all from the same family, firefighters at the scene. Firefighers said the explosion was caused by a gas leak. The victim is thought to be a 68-year-old man from Liverno. The missing person is his wife. Sniffer dogs and specialist search and rescue teams have been dispatched from mainland Tuscany to help local rescuers search through the rubble.
Elba, the largest island on the Tuscan coast, is full of holidaymakers at this time of year. The island gets more than two million visitors every year, making it the second most-visited place in Tuscany after Florence.
You could easily find enough attractions to spend a week in each of these Italian cities, but you can see the highlights of all 3 in a well-planned week.
One person is dead and three others injured following an explosion at a building in Portoferraio, in Elba Island (Italy), early this morning 23/07/2019. 
The small port town, a popular holiday hotspot, was rocked by the loud explosion at sunrise. Firefighters arrived just before 5.00am. 
Sniffer dogs and specialist search and rescue teams have been dispatched from mainland Tuscany to help local rescuers search through the rubble. 
