Two people were killed and at
least 39 injured in a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on the popular
Bay of Naples island of Ischia Monday night.
The two dead were women, one buried by plaster in a church
and the other engulfed by the ruins of her house.
Rescuers are digging to find a boy, aged three, in the ruins
of a house that collapsed at Casamicciola after his two brothers
aged three and seven months were pulled out alive.
Firefighters weer said to be close to the boy, Ciro, after
pulling out Mattias.
One of the injured is in a serious condition.
Many tourists have already left the island on specially
laid-on ferries.
Civil Protection chief Angelo Borrelli and fire service chief
Bruno Frattasi are on the island.
The two dead woman have not yet been identified.
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