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Natalia on her Facebook account
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The tragedy took place on the morning of March 8 in Batipallia, near the city of Salerno. Major Vitantonio Sisto, commander of the carabinieri section in Batipallia, told 24 Chassa that the Bulgarian managed to get two Italian husbands out of their burning apartment, but then returned to it, suffocating.
Natalia recently cared for a family of elderly Italians living in the 50,000-strong city in the Campania region. The couple, aged 87 and 85, used a stove to keep warm at night. Most likely, a spark flew from the defective stove and set fire to a nearby blanket.
The flames woke up the sleeping Bulgarian woman, who immediately rushed to help. She managed to get the couple out of their room and take them down to the ground floor of the house. Then she called for help. However, Natalia decided to return to the apartment, probably to pick up valuables. However, the smoke suffocated her.
According to Major Sisto, the carabinieri found asthma medication in the apartment, which made them think that she was suffering from such problems and therefore immediately suffocated.
The couple were taken to a local hospital, but were later discharged because they had no health complications from the fire.
Batipalya’s carabinieri have notified the Bulgarian consulate in Italy of the dead woman and expect feedback from her relatives. In cases when the body is not requested from the relatives of the deceased, a municipal funeral is held.
The deceased Natalia Dimitrova Belova is from the Roma neighborhood of the Vratsa village of Borovan. She went to work in Italy 15 years ago and has not come to Bulgaria for 10 years, said her niece Verginia Mitkova.
Natalia has worked over the years in different parts of Italy and only a year ago she settled in Batipalla. She lived in the town for rent with her daughter Alina, her two grandchildren and a friend from Bulgaria.
The 57-year-old woman kept in touch with her relatives in Borovan and planned to return to her native village at the end of this year. Natalia’s relatives have not yet understood where she will be buried – in Italy or in Bulgaria.
According to the Italian Statistical Institute in Batipalya, 60 Bulgarians are officially registered. Otherwise, more than 1,700 Bulgarians live in the province of Salerno, and more than 7,700 in the Campania region.
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