Italy: dozens of coffins float in the sea after …

Dozens of coffins They appeared floating on Monday in the Ligurian Sea, after the detachment of a plot of the historic cemetery of Camogli, in the city of Genoa. The collapse was caused by soil erosion on the cliff.

Residents and officials of the coastal resort town watched in disbelief as the coffins float in the sea. Teams of divers, coast guard boats and firefighters arrived at the scene of the collapse and began the operation. to retrieve the coffins and take them to the harbor, although some were stuck between the cliff and the earth accumulated by the collapse.

The cemetery of Camogli It is located on the coast of Genoa, about 50 meters above sea level. The landslide also destroyed and swept away two chapels with graves inside in the sea.

Tino Revello, Camogli’s public works adviser, told ANSA news agency that the area had been under observation for a long time and that work was underway to consolidate the cliff below the cemetery. “The area had been fenced off because rare cracks had been heard in recent days,” he explained.

The video of the collapse