British vacationer ‘combating for his life’ after B&B explosion | UK | News | EUROtoday

A Scottish holidaymaker is in a important situation after surviving a gasoline explosion at a mattress and breakfast in Rome’s Monteverde district. Grant Paterson, 54, from East Kilbride, suffered extreme accidents with horrific burns because the three-storey constructing was decreased to rubble round 8.30am on Saturday. Named by the Italian media as one of many victims, Grant was rescued from the particles, awake but with third diploma burns throughout 75% of his physique, and is now being handled at Sant’Eugenio hospital.

He had been documenting his vacation on social media, posting simply days prior: “Arrived in Rome, trains planes, buses and foot… Accommodation is beautiful. This should be a good week…if I don’t get killed in some ungodly way”. Pictures from the location present the B&B destroyed, with mounds of rubble lining the road. The native authorities, together with Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, have promised an intensive inquiry into the incident.

He famous: “The important thing is that fortunately there are no victims, although unfortunately one person was seriously injured. Most likely he is a guest of a hospitality facility, of Scottish origin.

“We do not know his precise situation, however he suffered burns, and this additionally means that it was an explosion brought on by gasoline, which additionally causes flames. It was a really loud explosion, a constructing collapsed and the wall of Villa Pamphilj was additionally broken.”

Grant was reportedly staying at the bed and breakfast in the building, which was originally stables dating back to the early 1900s and later transformed into living spaces.

Local media sources said investigators need to determine what caused the explosion – whether it was due to a gas leak or a cylinder malfunction, and whether it started in the apartment where Grant was staying.

In response to the event, the building has been sealed off under police guard. Six apartments have also been evacuated, including one in a nearby condo that’s potentially in danger.

Gualtieri added: “We are finishing up surveys to judge and verify the regularity, because it at the moment seems, of the lodging facility.

“For safety reasons, there are evacuations of the apartment buildings and buildings that may be at risk, and then there will be all the surveys”.

A consultant from the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office commented: “We are providing support to the family of a British national who is currently in hospital in Rome.”