Factory explosion fatalities rise to 10

(ANSA) - Bari, July 29 - The number of fatalities of a July 24 fireworks factory explosion rose to 10 on Wednesday. Vincenzo Bruscella, one of the factory's three owners, died earlier in the day in a Naples hospital after suffering burns to 85% of his body. The 43-year-old co-owner of the Bruscella plant in Modugno near Bari, Michele Bruscella, succumbed to serious burns from the explosion and died in intensive care on Sunday. The third person seriously injured was Vincenzo Armenise, brother-in-law of Michele Bruscella. Other workers suffered minor injuries.