Night of fire in Rome, the ‘Iron Bridge’ on fire

A night of fire for the Romans for the fire that devastated the Ponte dell’Industria. After the collapse of some parts of the ‘iron bridge’ that connects Marconi with Ostiense, the firefighters tamed the flames around 1 am and worked for hours to make the area safe and to exclude the involvement of people in the stake. The fire, the brigade explained, “mainly affected one of the walkways for the passage of cables and gas pipes, which partially collapsed”. The fire, they informed tonight, involved “vegetation and some makeshift shelters. In the area, the interruption of electricity and water supply affected at least 180 resident families. Read also The Rome Fiumicino Harbor Master’s Office has meanwhile issued an order urgent to prohibit navigation and parking in a stretch of the Tiber at the height of the bridge.
“The heart is squeezed for this piece of history. Already tomorrow morning the municipal operational committee was convened to try to restore all services, gas and electricity as soon as possible. Now a check is underway on the stability of the bridge and net of the investigations we will try to reopen the road system as soon as possible. I thank the firefighters who came immediately working in a situation of great danger “, commented last night the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi, who went to the place.