One person died and another was seriously injured due to the explosion of some gas cylinders in a room used as a tool shed in the Pezzolo district of Bagnara Calabra, in the province of Reggio Calabria.

The victim is an entrepreneur, who was the owner of the depot, while the injured would be one of his collaborators, a plumber. 

Firefighters and police officers attended the scene.

The wounded man was hospitalized in the hospitals of Reggio Calabria.

According to what emerged from the first investigations, the explosion of the cylinders should be connected to accidental causes, excluding the malicious origin.