People saved by firefighters at the hotel Rigopiano

Relief efforts after the Abruzzo avalanche

FLORENCE, ITALY – Firefighters at work from hours to retrieve survivors of the hotel Rigopiano, engulfed by an avalanche last Wednesday January 18, 2017. There are currently a total of ten people survived with certainty to the tragedy.

In the first group of six people identified this morning, two have already been extracted from the rubble and a third is about to be pulled out, while firefighters continue to work to unearth the other three people.

The rescuers were also able to establish a voice contact with four other people, a man, a woman and two children.


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