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DFA checking for Filipinos in Italy tanker explosion
DFA checking for Filipinos in Italy tanker explosion
ABS-CBN News
Published Aug 07, 2018 10:47 AM PHT
MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it was checking if Filipinos were among the casualties of an explosion near the Bologna airport in Italy.
MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it was checking if Filipinos were among the casualties of an explosion near the Bologna airport in Italy.
At least one person was killed and more than 60 others were reported injured after a tanker truck crashed into a lorry and exploded, sending a fireball across a busy motorway in the northern Italian city.
At least one person was killed and more than 60 others were reported injured after a tanker truck crashed into a lorry and exploded, sending a fireball across a busy motorway in the northern Italian city.
“We are saddened by the loss of life in the accident in Bologna and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Consul General Irene Susan Natividad said.
“We are saddened by the loss of life in the accident in Bologna and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Consul General Irene Susan Natividad said.
Philippine officials are in touch with Italian authorities and members of the Filipino community in Bologna, the DFA said.
Philippine officials are in touch with Italian authorities and members of the Filipino community in Bologna, the DFA said.
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There are 20,000 Filipinos in the Emilia Romagna Region where Bologna is located, the department said. -- with reports from Reuters and Agence France-Presse
There are 20,000 Filipinos in the Emilia Romagna Region where Bologna is located, the department said. -- with reports from Reuters and Agence France-Presse
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