Italian man crushed to death under falling cheese wheels

An Italian antheral has been crushed to decease nether thousands of wheels of a Parmesan-style cheese, authorities said.

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried erstwhile a support broke successful his warehouse successful the Lombardy portion connected Sunday, firefighter Antonion Dusi told AFP.

The illness created a domino effect bringing down thousands of wheels, which measurement astir 40kg (84lbs) each.

It took 12 hours to find Mr Chiapparini's body, Mr Dusi said.

Some of the wheels reportedly fell astir 10m (33ft) and a section nonmigratory told Italian media the illness sounded "like thunder".

The economical harm caused has been estimated astatine €7m (£6m).

Speaking to Italian media, a neighbour described Mr Chiapparini arsenic "very supportive… and generous". They besides said helium mislaid a kid decades ago.

The warehouse, located successful Romano di Lombardia, astir 50km (31 miles) eastbound of Milan, contained a full of 25,000 wheels of Grana Padano, a hard food which resembles Parmesan and is fashionable successful Italy.