Fire breaks out in Rome near public TV station, court

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***** breaks out in Rome near public TV station, court

A large ***** has broken out in Rome on a hill near the Italian capital’s court of justice and a public TV broadcasting centre, forcing the evacuation of several buildings and offices, firefighters say.

The ***** in the Monte Mario area was under control, with 10 crews on the case, the national ***** department said on X, posting a video showing helicopters and ***** engines, and a few burnt out parked cars.

“As things stand, I think we still have a lot of work to do,” to put out the *****, the head of Rome’s firefighters, Adriano De Acutis, told RAI public television.

RAI’s broadcasting centre was evacuated as well as a space observatory and six residential buildings, officials said.

There were no reported injuries.

RAI was also forced to cancel an afternoon live show.

“We are evacuating the studio,” one of the show’s presenters, Nunzia De Girolamo, said in an

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“The ***** in Monte Mario is serious, we will see you tomorrow,” she added.

In a daily bulletin published earlier on Wednesday, the regional office of the civil protection had warned of high risk of fires in Rome due to extreme temperatures, which in the afternoon were higher than 35C.

Climate change is making wildfires more frequent, a ********* Commission report said in April, adding that the 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century.

As the northern hemisphere summer progresses, wildfires are becoming more frequent across the Mediterranean region including in Spain, Greece and the Balkans.

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