High-rise apartment block in Milan destroyed by fire

Firefighters battled a blaze that spread rapidly through a recently restructured 16-storey residential building in Milan (Luca Bruno/AP)

Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a 20-storey apartment building in Milan, but said there was no indication that anyone was missing inside.

Some cases of smoke inhalation were reported from Sunday’s blaze, but no serious injuries or deaths.