A gas station explosion early on Friday in southeastern Rome injured at least 25 people including nine police officers and a firefighter, local authorities and rescuers said. The explosion was heard across the Italian capital shortly after 8 a.

At least 27 people, including 10 police officers and a firefighter, were injured on Friday in a huge explosion at a petrol station in an eastern district of Rome, Italian authorities said.

ROME  –  A massive gas explosion at a petrol station in Rome Friday injured at least 40 people, two seriously, including policemen, firemen and other rescue workers who had responded to an initial slightly smaller explosion after a truck hit a gas pipe.