<p class="title">Six people died in a stampede at a nightclub near Ancona in central Italy after panic erupted in the early hours of Saturday morning, firefighters said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The cause may have been the dispersal of a stinging substance, the young people fled and trampled over each other. Sadly, six people died and dozens are injured," the fire service said in a statement on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Local reports said around 1,000 people were in the Blue Lantern club in the town of Corinaldo on the Adriatic coast for a performance by Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident happened around 1:00 am (0000 GMT).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We were dancing and waiting for the concert to start when we smelt this pungent odour," a 16-year-old boy who was taken to hospital told the media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We ran to one of the emergency exits but we found it blocked, the bouncers told us to go back."</p>
<p class="title">Six people died in a stampede at a nightclub near Ancona in central Italy after panic erupted in the early hours of Saturday morning, firefighters said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The cause may have been the dispersal of a stinging substance, the young people fled and trampled over each other. Sadly, six people died and dozens are injured," the fire service said in a statement on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Local reports said around 1,000 people were in the Blue Lantern club in the town of Corinaldo on the Adriatic coast for a performance by Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident happened around 1:00 am (0000 GMT).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We were dancing and waiting for the concert to start when we smelt this pungent odour," a 16-year-old boy who was taken to hospital told the media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We ran to one of the emergency exits but we found it blocked, the bouncers told us to go back."</p>