According to Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica, among others, emergency workers were evacuating a farmhouse when the explosion occurred. From there, the building collapsed and they were buried. They were police officers and soldiers, according to initial reports.
Three people were living in the farmhouse under the smoke of Verona. According to the Italian news site Today, they were there illegally and it was a forced eviction. According to initial reports, one of them, a woman, may have caused the explosion.
The officers killed belonged to the carabinieri, the Italian counterpart of the Royal Military Police.
