https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A prominent Italian journalist threatened by the mafia had his parked car blown up by a bomb overnight, causing no injuries but sparking angry condemnation on Friday from politicians and press groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20251017/bomb-destroys-cars-in-attack-outside-italian-journalists-home Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:21:21 +0200 bomb-destroys-cars-in-attack-outside-italian-journalists-home The two explosions happened as staff prepared for New Year celebrations. https://www.thelocal.it/20191121/five-dead-in-sicily-firework-factory-explosion Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:45:08 +0100 five-dead-in-sicily-firework-factory-explosion Three firefighters in northern Italy were killed on Tuesday by a mysterious explosion at an abandoned farm building that police say may have been “deliberately set”. https://www.thelocal.it/20191105/three-italian-firefighters-killed-in-mystery-explosion-at-abandoned-farm Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:34:09 +0100 three-italian-firefighters-killed-in-mystery-explosion-at-abandoned-farm One person is dead and three injured following an explosion at a building in Portoferraio, Elba, early this morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20190723/one-dead-after-explosion-on-elba-island-at-sunrise Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:46:40 +0200 one-dead-after-explosion-on-elba-island-at-sunrise An explosion inside a tank at Livorno port, on Italy's western coast, killed two people on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20180328/livorno-port-explosion Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:44:14 +0200 livorno-port-explosion Six people including two children were killed on Tuesday in an explosion on a motorway in northern Italy, when a family car was shunted into a petrol tanker, police and media reports said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180103/family-killed-as-tanker-explodes-in-italy-motorway-crash Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:54:43 +0100 family-killed-as-tanker-explodes-in-italy-motorway-crash Emergency services were investigating after a device exploded in Rome outside one of the capital's largest post offices on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20170512/explosion-reported-in-rome-police-firefighters Fri, 12 May 2017 12:40:26 +0200 explosion-reported-in-rome-police-firefighters A mother and her nine-year-old daughter died after a two-storey building exploded in Acilia, an area in southwest Rome, on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20161228/four-missing-after-building-explosion-in-rome Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:22:25 +0100 four-missing-after-building-explosion-in-rome A huge fire broke out at an oil refinery in northern Italy on Thursday. No serious injuries were reported, but residents were urged to keep windows closed throughout the evening and schools in the area were shut on Friday as a precaution. https://www.thelocal.it/20161202/fire-at-oil-refinery-causes-panic-in-northern-italy Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:03:00 +0100 fire-at-oil-refinery-causes-panic-in-northern-italy A small explosion at a police station in Bologna, northern Italy, has been described by prime minister Matteo Renzi as "an attack on the state". https://www.thelocal.it/20161128/blast-at-bologna-police-station-damage Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:04:50 +0100 blast-at-bologna-police-station-damage A building collapsed in Florence on Thursday evening, killing one woman and leaving her husband and two daughters injured. https://www.thelocal.it/20161118/tuscan-house-collapses-after-gas-explosion-killing-one Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:53:42 +0100 tuscan-house-collapses-after-gas-explosion-killing-one An Italian man has confessed to causing a huge gas explosion at his home, which killed his wife and two neighbours in May, and left his daughters severely burnt. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/father-of-two-confesses-to-causing-gas-deadly-gas-explosion Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:47:03 +0200 father-of-two-confesses-to-causing-gas-deadly-gas-explosion Three people died and nine were injured after a building partially collapsed in Milan on Sunday in an explosion that is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. https://www.thelocal.it/20160613/three-dead-in-milan-building-explosion Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:13:10 +0200 three-dead-in-milan-building-explosion Fourteen people, seven of them firefighters, were injured in an explosion which also completely destroyed a paints factory near Turin on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160531/fourteen-people-injured-in-turin-paints-factory-explosion Tue, 31 May 2016 13:43:39 +0200 fourteen-people-injured-in-turin-paints-factory-explosion A 48-year-old worker at the popular Ciampini bar in Rome's historic centre was killed on Sunday in an explosion. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/one-dead-in-rome-bar-explosion Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:22:19 +0200 one-dead-in-rome-bar-explosion A 22-year-old British student was among those hurt in an explosion which ripped through a building in Naples late on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:27:03 +0100 british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern Italy last week has risen to ten after one of the factory's owners died of his injuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/fireworks-factory-blast-death-toll-rises-to-ten Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:19:19 +0200 fireworks-factory-blast-death-toll-rises-to-ten UPDATE: The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern Italy has risen to nine after one of those hurt succumbed to their injuries, a hospital source said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/seven-dead-in-bari-firework-factory-blast Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:41:26 +0200 seven-dead-in-bari-firework-factory-blast UPDATED: An accidental explosion on an oil pipeline in Nigeria operated by Italian energy giant Eni left 12 people dead and three injured, the company said in a statement Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/12-dead-in-nigeria-pipeline-explosion-eni Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:07:59 +0200 12-dead-in-nigeria-pipeline-explosion-eni Three people died and three others were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory near Naples on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/three-dead-in-naples-fireworks-factory-blast Wed, 13 May 2015 19:03:48 +0200 three-dead-in-naples-fireworks-factory-blast