Mestre accident, Salvini:“Electric catches fire easily, think about it…”

The words of the Minister of Infrastructure after the accident

ROME – After the Mestre accident, with 21 confirmed victims, the Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini expresses his condolences on social media and raises doubts on the massive use of electric vehicles.

“Our heartfelt thoughts go to the twenty-one victims of the Mestre bus tragedy, many very young, and to the fifteen injured.Dying like this, with your whole life ahead of you... It's not fair– writes Salvini -.I extend my sympathy to the families, which involve various nationalities, and to the entire community of Mestre, thanking the firefighters, police forces, medical personnel and all those who are tirelessly engaged in these dramatic hours".

“I heard some firefighters talking about the fact that electric batteries catch fire faster than other types of power. Some people say that electric batteries catch fire faster, I don't know if that's the case or not.But at a time when someone says 'all electric, only electric', perhaps we need to find food for thought“the deputy prime minister then said Matteo Salvini, guest of the Sky party.

The bus, for reasons yet to be ascertained, he hit a guardrail and then fell ten metres. Finally it caught fire.It was an electric vehicle for tourist use used as a shuttle for customers of a campsite in the area.