NAPOLI (ITALPRESS) – Fire in the night in the Chiaia district, in Naples. The affected area is the Sannazaro theatre. The fire department and the state police officers intervened on the spot. Also damaging adjacent buildings. There would be four intoxicated people.
The fire affected part of the dome above the plate, which would collapse. From 6:00 a.m. Firefighters are at work with 5 teams. The flames also involved some neighboring houses, from which the evacuation of residents is underway.
On the spot came the owner and artistic director of the theatre, Lara Sansone. The grandson of actress Luisa Conte burst into tears immediately after being informed of the situation and the damages that had affected the Sannazaro. Firefighters at work, high smoking column visible from various areas of the city.
On the spot the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, and the prefect Michele di Bari arrived. There are also municipal councillors with delegation to Infrastructures, Edoardo Cosenza, and the Municipal Police, Antonio De Iesu.
“The theater has been completely destroyed, the inside is completely burned, it has remained at the moment, they tell us, only the external structure. We could not enter because they are still in progress the shutdown operations, but the commander of the vigilants so told us”, said Manfredi talking to journalists outside the Sannazaro Theatre.
“The firefighters are investigating to understand what the origins are, we think of an accidental fact, but it is still early to be able to define exactly the causes of the fire because they are still turning off the outbreaks in an apartment and so there will still be some time to understand.”.
“There are 15 families, 15 apartments that were interested in the fire but not all were inhabited, some were professional stufis so now we are quantifying exactly the residents. There are our social services in action to assess whether support is needed for residents.”.
“It’s really a great pain because losing a historic theatre like this is a deep wound for the history and culture of the city. We will try to do everything to make sure that the theater can be returned to Naples and can return to having its function that has always had in all these years”, added the first citizen, who also met the owner and artistic director of the theatre, Lara Sansone, nephew of actress Luisa Conte. “I told you – says Manfredi – that you should not feel alone, the city will be close to you. This morning – he continues – I heard the Minister Giuli who called me and together we decided that obviously the government will be there. I heard President Fico and together we will work to return the theater, there will be the maximum institutional collaboration to heal this so deep wound that hit the heart of the city”.
“The rogue of the Sannazaro theatre, which took place in the early hours of the day in the Chiaia district of Naples, sweetens us and leaves us unconscious. A piece of the history and identity of Naples burning is a wound for everyone”. This is what the president of the Region declared, Roberto Fico. “We want to express deep closeness and solidarity to the people involved, to the owner and artistic director of the Theatre, Lara Sansone, and to all the teachers of Sannazaro. Together with the Municipality of Naples we will do everything to return the theater to the city,” added the president. Feeling of deep closeness shared by the Councillor for Culture of the Campania Region Nini Cutaia who went to the place: “We follow with great attention the evolution of the situation that sees the Firefighters, which goes a heartfelt thanksgiving, committed for hours to tame the flames. Close to all people affected by this painful event, with the hope that health and things are not serious.”.
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