Renzi, Merkel meet firemen who saved

(ANSA) - Modena, August 31 - Italian Premier Matteo Renzi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday met fire fighters who rescued an eight-year-old girl in Pescara del Tronto after a devastating earthquake in central Italy on August 24 that left 293 dead.
    The meeting in the Modena-area town of Maranello, home to Ferrari luxury carmaker and its Formula One racing team, was attended by delegations from the Civil Protection Department, the fire department, and rescue dog Leo, who first detected the child trapped under meters of rubble.
    Giorgia was extracted from the debris of her home 16 hours after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 0:36 last Wednesday.
    Her 10-year-old sister was found dead beside her while her parents were both pulled out alive.
    Renzi and Merkel are scheduled to hold bilateral talks ahead of an Italian-German intergovernmental meeting.
    Finance ministers Pier Carlo Padoan and Wolfgang Schauble are also scheduled to meet.