Latest: Boy, 11, saved younger brother and alerted rescuers after three brothers were buried in quake

Update 1.32pm: Firefighters in Italy have freed three young brothers from rubble after a 4.0-magnitude earthquake hit the resort island of Ischia.

Latest: Boy, 11, saved younger brother and alerted rescuers after three brothers were buried in quake

Update - 3.05pm: Three young brothers rescued from the rubble of their home after a 4.0-magnitude earthquake are doing well, according to hospital officials on the Italian resort island of Ischia.

The three boys - seven-month-old Pasquale, eight-year-old Mattias and 11-year-old Ciro - were brought to safety in a 14-hour operation.

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