He returns from the bar and gets into the car to leave again, the car catches fire: the driver is burned to death.

This morning, April 24, a car was found on fire in Piazza Diaz in Carlentini, Syracuse area. Inside the car, the rescuers saw a lifeless body. According to what has been reconstructed so far, it will be Salvatore Nigro, A 76-year-old retiree, burned in the car. According to the testimonies of those who witnessed the exciting event, the Land Rover driver had recently parked the car in Piazza Diaz and had just gone to drink coffee at the bar.

As soon as he returned to his Land Rover, the 76-year-old man stayed inside for a few minutes before he was engulfed in flames.. For reasons that are still being investigated by investigatorsthe car caught fire and Nigro could not get out of the cockpit in time.

The fire burned the car before the arrival of the Lentini firemen who, despite their efforts to save the person inside the car, could not do anything other than to announce his death. The Syracuse prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the matter. Magistrates are trying to reconstruct what happened in the heart of north Syracuse.

According to the witnesses said, a 76-year-old man had gotten out of the car a short time ago went to the bar and had a coffee but then came back on board, and stayed in the cockpit for a few minutes. At that time, the fire prevented him from getting out of the car.

Investigators are trying to understand the reasons that caused the fire and for this reason they have taken pictures from security cameras in the area to be able to recreate the last moments before the tragedy.