"Everything has collapsed, I see cloud of smoke, it is a disaster, a disaster," the mayor of Ussita, an affected village, was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency.
"Viss ir sagruvis, redzu ceļamies dūmu stabus, tā ir katastrofa," žurnālistiem sacījis nelielā gleznainā Usitas ciema mērs Marko Rinaldi.