Over 40 people were injured following a blast at a petrol station in Rome, Italy on 4 July. The incident happened at a sit in the Prenestino neighbourhood after a tanker struck a pipe, causing a gas leak.

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.The blast at the distributor of petrol,