Drama this morning in Piscinas. An elderly woman in the town has died following severe burns suffered after falling into her fireplace. He apparently lost his balance while lighting the fire.

The alarm was raised by a relative who heard the woman's screams. The immediate intervention of 118 (an ambulance rushed from Sant'Anna Arresi) and the air ambulance was in vain: the doctors tried to resuscitate the elderly woman but her condition was desperate. Shortly later he was declared dead.

Also on site were the Carabinieri from the Giba station and the Carbonia firefighters.