A recording of a conversation
between officials shows they joked about the situation at
Abruzzo's Hotel Rigopiano, an hour before an avalanche that
killed 29 people in January.
The transcription of the recording of the conversation
between Carmine Ricca, an employee of highway company ANAS, and
provincial transport chief Paolo D'Incecco, is among the
documentation collected as evidence for a criminal probe into
the disaster.
"We don't have to reach Rigopiano, do we?" Ricca said when
talking about a request from the hotel near Farindola for roads
to be cleared so guests could leave the complex.
"If we have to liberate the spa, we might as well have a swim
too".
D'Incecco laughed at the comment, according to the
transcript.
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