Tourist Burned in Building Explosion Dies

Rome: A 54-year-old Scottish tourist, badly burned in the collapse of a building in the Monteverde Vecchio neighborhood in Rome on March 23, died Tuesday from his injuries. The man, Grant Paterson, was in a B and B housed in the building.

According to Ansa News Agency, Paterson, from East Kilbride in Lanarkshire, worked for Scottish ferry operator CalMac. He arrived in the Italian capital on a solo tourist trip on March 21.

Paterson suffered burns on 75% of his body from the gas explosion that caused the collapse.