A two-story building collapsed in Saviano, in the province of Naples, as a result of a gas explosion.
It is known that the explosion happened on the second floor, in the house of an elderly person.
Meanwhile, on the first floor, a family with 5 members, a man, a woman and three children, remained under the rubble.
Firefighters rescued the father and one of his three 2-year-old children alive.
However, nothing could be done for the other two children, a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old, who both died in the collapse.
Under the rubble is the children's mother and an elderly woman, for whom efforts are underway to find them.
The two-year-old boy who was pulled alive from the wreckage was transported to the Santobono hospital in Naples and is out of danger.
While the father is in serious condition.