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 The famous Sannazaro Theatre was destroyed, buildings damaged and residents evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out in central Naples in the early hours of Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260217/huge-fire-engulfs-historic-theatre-in-centre-of-naples Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:01:19 +0100 huge-fire-engulfs-historic-theatre-in-centre-of-naples Prosecutors investigating the deadly New Year bar inferno in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have accepted Italy's request for legal assistance, Switzerland's justice ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260131/italy-granted-legal-assistance-in-swiss-fire-tragedy-probe Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:15:27 +0100 italy-granted-legal-assistance-in-swiss-fire-tragedy-probe Switzerland has agreed to Rome's demand to establish a joint investigation team over the Swiss bar fire that killed 40 people, including six Italians, on January 1st, Italian news agency Ansa reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260128/switzerland-agrees-to-italys-demand-for-joint-investigation-of-bar-fire Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:58:26 +0100 switzerland-agrees-to-italys-demand-for-joint-investigation-of-bar-fire Italy's government said it would not return its ambassador to Switzerland until a joint investigative team was established over the Swiss bar fire that killed 40 people, including six Italians. https://www.thelocal.it/20260127/italy-demands-joint-investigation-of-switzerland-fire Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:15:52 +0100 italy-demands-joint-investigation-of-switzerland-fire Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday voiced outrage after the co-owner of the Swiss bar destroyed in a New Year fire that killed 40 people was released on bail. https://www.thelocal.it/20260124/italy-condemns-release-of-swiss-fire-bar-owner-on-bail Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:18:36 +0100 italy-condemns-release-of-swiss-fire-bar-owner-on-bail The bodies of five of the six Italian nationals killed in a devastating fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana were being repatriated on Monday, four days after the tragedy left 40 people dead and 119 injured. https://www.thelocal.it/20260105/bodies-of-five-italian-teenagers-repatriated-after-swiss-ski-resort-fire Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:18:27 +0100 bodies-of-five-italian-teenagers-repatriated-after-swiss-ski-resort-fire A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns. https://www.thelocal.it/20251012/fire-guts-historic-italian-monastery-with-ties-to-millennial-saint Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:21:52 +0200 fire-guts-historic-italian-monastery-with-ties-to-millennial-saint At least 45 people were injured in Rome on Friday after a petrol station exploded, damaging buildings and setting several cars on fire. https://www.thelocal.it/20250704/breaking-several-injured-in-rome-petrol-station-explosion Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:47:04 +0200 breaking-several-injured-in-rome-petrol-station-explosion A major petrol station explosion rocked Rome on Friday, damaging nearby buildings and leaving dozens of people injured. Here’s what we know about the blast so far. https://www.thelocal.it/20250704/rome-petrol-station-explosion-what-we-know-so-far Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:38:55 +0200 rome-petrol-station-explosion-what-we-know-so-far Flights to and from Catania airport were suspended amid the peak summer travel season after a blaze on Sunday night left the terminal covered in a thick blanket of smoke. https://www.thelocal.it/20230717/flights-suspended-at-italys-catania-airport-after-major-fire Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:17:35 +0200 flights-suspended-at-italys-catania-airport-after-major-fire A fire at a retirement home in the early hours of Friday in Milan killed six people, firefighters said, with some 80 other residents hospitalised suffering from smoke inhalation. https://www.thelocal.it/20230707/six-killed-and-numerous-hospitalised-in-milan-retirement-home-fire Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:50:50 +0200 six-killed-and-numerous-hospitalised-in-milan-retirement-home-fire A fire broke out on Monday at Rome's legendary Cinecitta film studios, destroying a set but causing no injuries, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.it/20220801/video-huge-fire-breaks-out-at-romes-cinecitta-studios Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:44:07 +0200 video-huge-fire-breaks-out-at-romes-cinecitta-studios Schools and parks have been closed in Ancona after an explosion and large fire in the port early on Wednesday morning. Ben Munster reports from the scene. https://www.thelocal.it/20200916/watch-explosion-and-fire-rips-through-italian-port-of-ancona Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:30:03 +0200 watch-explosion-and-fire-rips-through-italian-port-of-ancona A blaze broke out early Monday morning at the Cavallerizza Reale in Turin, part of the northern Italian city's Unesco-listed royal heritage, causing a section of the roof to collapse. https://www.thelocal.it/20191021/fire-at-turin-royal-horse-yard-italy-unesco-site Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:32:49 +0200 fire-at-turin-royal-horse-yard-italy-unesco-site Yet another public bus caught fire in Rome today, bringing this year's bus fire total to 24. https://www.thelocal.it/20190925/another-bus-fire-brings-romes-total-to-23-this-year Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:30:30 +0200 another-bus-fire-brings-romes-total-to-23-this-year Two Italian students have been told to pay a joint fine of €27 million, Italian media reported on Wednesday, after being accused of letting a barbecue start a forest fire. https://www.thelocal.it/20190418/italian-students-fined-27-million-barbecue-forest-fire Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:28:19 +0200 italian-students-fined-27-million-barbecue-forest-fire An Italian theatre that was burned to the ground and then rebuilt has a message for Notre-Dame following Monday's devastating blaze. https://www.thelocal.it/20190416/rise-from-the-ashes-italian-theatres-touching-message-to-notre-dame Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:32:18 +0200 rise-from-the-ashes-italian-theatres-touching-message-to-notre-dame Several houses have been destroyed and a section of motorway closed this morning as wildfires blazed on the hills around Genoa. https://www.thelocal.it/20190326/residents-evacuated-as-wildfires-take-hold-near-genoa Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:47:26 +0100 residents-evacuated-as-wildfires-take-hold-near-genoa A driver hijacked a schoolbus outside Milan and threatened to kill more than 50 children on board before setting fire to the vehicle on Wednesday morning, claiming revenge for migrant deaths at sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20190320/driver-sets-bus-on-fire-to-avenge-deaths-at-sea-none-seriously-harmed Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:30:00 +0100 driver-sets-bus-on-fire-to-avenge-deaths-at-sea-none-seriously-harmed Anyone travelling from Rome's Ciampino airport today can expect delays after the departures area was closed due to fire this morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20190219/rome-ciampino-airport-closed-by-fire Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:43:53 +0100 rome-ciampino-airport-closed-by-fire