Television footage showed flames metres high and black smoke sweeping across the Porta Romana residential neighbourhood south-east of the Italian city's cathedral, Duomo.
Fire service officer Carlo Cardinali confirmed the vehicle had been carrying oxygen, saying the exact cause of the blast was still being investigated. "I came straight away to see what was happening, and the whole street was on fire, people were running."
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