# Explosion at Vatican

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-vatican/787845 "2017-06-01T16:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-vatican/787845/21 "2017-06-04T23:28:46Z")

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You do have to wonder about zoning laws in Rome. Is there any city in the US that would allow a junkyard to be that close to a museum/cathedral/government building?

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**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-vatican/787845/22 "2017-06-04T23:35:27Z")

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> You do have to wonder about zoning laws in Rome. Is there any city in the US that would allow a junkyard to be that close to a museum/cathedral/government building?

How close was it? Hard to judge distance from a picture, and I never saw numbers on distance.

Edit: Fire was on Via Mattia Battistini according to [this article](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3701491/vatican-fire-explosion-smoke-rome-latest-updates/). Doesn’t look that close on Google maps. But I’m not familiar with the area, so can’t say for sure.

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