<p>At least 35 people were killed when a bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa, police said on Wednesday after firemen worked through the night looking for any survivors buried under the rubble.</p>.<p>"The latest official number is 35 but we can't rule out it could rise further," a spokeswoman for the police in Genoa said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The disaster occurred on a highway that connects Italy to France and other vacation resorts on the eve of a major Italian holiday tomorrow, Ferragosto, and traffic would have been heavier than usual as many Italians travelled to beaches or mountains.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The transport minister, Danilo Toninelli, called the collapse "an enormous tragedy."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The private broadcaster Sky TG24 said that a 200-metre section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed over an industrial zone.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Firefighters told The Associated Press that there are concerns about gas lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Photos published by the ANSA news agency on its website showed a huge gulf between two sections of the bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Video captured the sound of a man screaming: "Oh god, oh, god." Other images showed a green truck that had stopped just metres short of the gaping hole in the bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said some 200 firefighters were responding to the accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We are following minute by minute the situation for the bridge collapse in Genoa," Salvini said on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Morandi Bridge was inaugurated in 1967. It is 90 metres high, just over a kilometre long, with the longest section between supports measuring 200 metres (yards).</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The bridge is the main thoroughfare connecting the A10 highway that goes toward France and the A7 highway that continues north toward Milan.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">ANSA said that authorities suspected that a structural weakness caused the collapse today. </p>
<p>At least 35 people were killed when a bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa, police said on Wednesday after firemen worked through the night looking for any survivors buried under the rubble.</p>.<p>"The latest official number is 35 but we can't rule out it could rise further," a spokeswoman for the police in Genoa said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The disaster occurred on a highway that connects Italy to France and other vacation resorts on the eve of a major Italian holiday tomorrow, Ferragosto, and traffic would have been heavier than usual as many Italians travelled to beaches or mountains.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The transport minister, Danilo Toninelli, called the collapse "an enormous tragedy."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The private broadcaster Sky TG24 said that a 200-metre section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed over an industrial zone.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Firefighters told The Associated Press that there are concerns about gas lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Photos published by the ANSA news agency on its website showed a huge gulf between two sections of the bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Video captured the sound of a man screaming: "Oh god, oh, god." Other images showed a green truck that had stopped just metres short of the gaping hole in the bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said some 200 firefighters were responding to the accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We are following minute by minute the situation for the bridge collapse in Genoa," Salvini said on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Morandi Bridge was inaugurated in 1967. It is 90 metres high, just over a kilometre long, with the longest section between supports measuring 200 metres (yards).</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The bridge is the main thoroughfare connecting the A10 highway that goes toward France and the A7 highway that continues north toward Milan.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">ANSA said that authorities suspected that a structural weakness caused the collapse today. </p>