Fire at the Galileo Ferraris secondary school on 13 November 2026
Date of the event:
On 13 November 2026 a fire breaks out in a chemistry laboratory of the Galileo Ferraris secondary school (liceo) in Turin during a lesson. The school is evacuated as a precaution and no one is reported hurt in the incident [1][2].
Account of events
The fire breaks out during a laboratory experiment that went wrong, according to the account given by the newspaper La Stampa [2]. The flames affect the chemistry laboratory rooms while a lesson is under way [1]. The school management orders the precautionary evacuation of students and staff from the building [1][2].
Fire brigade response
Firefighters from the Turin fire command respond to the scene, putting out the flames and carrying out checks and making the rooms safe [1]. A standard crew and the NBCR unit, specialised in nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological risks, are deployed together with the duty officer [1]. At the end of the operation no one is found to have been hurt in the fire [1][2].
Context
La Stampa notes that the evacuation of the Galileo Ferraris secondary school is unrelated to the previous bomb threats that had affected the school, this time being a fire caused by a laboratory experiment [2].
Sources
- Incendio in laboratorio al liceo Galileo Ferraris di Torino, evacuato — ANSA Piemonte, 13 November 2026
- Incendio liceo Galileo Ferraris Torino, evacuato — La Stampa, 13 November 2026