A column of dust rose during the second partial collapse of a medieval tower under renovation in the center of Rome, near the Colosseum, this Monday (3).
A worker was hospitalized with serious injuries after the tower’s first partial collapse, and two other workers suffered minor injuries and refused hospital treatment, Ansa news agency reported.
Fire Department spokesman Luca Cari had previously told Reuters news agency that rescue teams were working to extract a person trapped under the rubble.
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The building has been decommissioned since 2006, but was being renovated as part of a four-year renovation project expected to be completed next year, according to Rome city authorities.
Videos posted on social media showed clouds of dust rising from the tower’s windows and the sound of crumbling masonry.
Due to restoration work, the area around the tower was closed to pedestrians.
The building was erected by Pope Innocent III for his family at the beginning of the 13th century.
