The fire is spectacular but fortunately did not claim any victims.
A 20-story residential building was devastated by flames on Sunday in Milan, emergency services said without reporting any casualties.
About 70 families reside in the building.
The building on the southern outskirts of the Lombard capital in northern Italy caught fire in the upper floors around 5.30 p.m.
"The flames then spread to the lower levels," causing thick smoke, the firefighters said on their Twitter account.
“The inhabitants of the building were contacted by phone.
There are no reports of missing, ”they said in the evening.
The inhabitants "had time to go out"
“Firefighters move from apartment to apartment, breaking down doors to make sure no one is left inside.
But we are optimistic because there has been time to come out, ”said the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, quoted by
Il Corriere della Sera
.
According to the daily, about twenty tenants were slightly intoxicated.
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