Aug.30, 2021: A fire broke out in a 20-storey residential building in Milan, prompting rescue workers to flee to make sure no one was caught in the flames and thick smoke.

On Sunday, a fire broke out on the upper floors of the tower on the southern outskirts of the region of Lombardy’s capital. “The flames then spread to the lower levels,” the fire service said on a Twitter account.

There are about 70 families in the building, who were being contacted to make sure no one was missing. “Firemen are moving from apartment to apartment, knocking on doors to make sure no one is inside,” Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala told the Courier della Sierra newspaper. “But we are optimistic because people had time to get out,” he added.

The newspaper reported that about 20 residents suffered from shortness of breath due to the smoke. Dozens of ambulances and fire engines were at the scene.

Milan’s mayor Giuseppe Sala said there were no reports of injuries or deaths as a result of the fire, but that firefighters were kicking down doors, apartment by apartment, to make sure there were no victims. The Myor said about 20 people were evacuated without incident.

The 60-metre tall building, part of a recent development project, was designed to look like the keel of a ship and included an aluminium sail on its roof, which burned as the result of the fire and fell to the street in pieces.

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