The death toll of Tuesday's collapse
of a terrace in one of the infamous 'Sail' public-housing
apartment buildings in Naples' Scampia district climbed to three
on Wednesday when a 53-year-old woman, Patrizia Della Ragione,
died of her injuries in the city's Cardarelli hospital.
Her 29-year-old son, Roberto Abbruzzo, and her 35-year-old
niece, Margherita Della Ragione, also died in the collapse.
Two more of Della Ragione's children, Giuseppe and Luisa
Abbruzzo, aged 34 and 23 respectively, are among 12 people who
were injured.
The injured include seven children, two of whom are critical.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the collapse.
The 800 residents of the Vela Celeste (Sky Blue Sail) building
where the collapse took place had to be evacuated, with the
civil protection department setting up tents.
Around 300 people will be allowed to return to their homes once
safety checks are done and water supplies are restored after
some pipes were broken in the collapse.
But accommodation will need to be found for the other 500.
In Scampia, several other 'Sails' apartment buildings have been
torn down over their state of decay in the crime-ridden
district.
A 'restyling' of the area, which is trying to make a civic
comeback after years of being identified with the Camorra mafia
and drug pushing, has started and the municipal administration
announced in April renovation work on the 'Vela Celeste' to be
funded under the Piano Periferie (suburbs plan) with some 18
million euros.
The Sails were an iconic backdrop in the hit Camorra TV show
Gomorra (Gomorrah), based on Roberto Saviano's expose' of the
same name.
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