The sudden rise of the Roja river in Ventimiglia has become an active search operation, not a final toll: firefighters rescued eight people, while six others remain unaccounted for.
ANSA reported that the group had been living in a camp on the riverbed beneath a railway overpass. The water rose suddenly late on 12 November and swept through the camp. Divers are also taking part in the search.
The essential distinction is between the eight rescues and the six people for whom there is no news. ANSA said they may have left to avoid checks, or may have been trapped in the water. Neither possibility supports a conclusion about deaths or responsibility.
The deployment of divers means the emergency did not end with the first rescues. The immediate task is to locate the missing people and establish what happened on the riverbed. The available report does not state the meteorological or hydrological cause of the rise, the total number of people in the camp, or what accommodation may follow.
This is an immediate public-safety event in Ventimiglia. Eight people have been rescued; the fate of the other six depends on the search now under way.
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- ANSA · Top news · Source date: 2026-11-12
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