Major Fire at Italian University: All Staff Evacuated

On Wednesday, a major fire broke out at the Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy, specifically at the Faculty of Agriculture, as reported by Ansa.

Students, faculty, and staff were evacuated from the university premises as the fire brigade began to extinguish the blaze, the cause of which remains unknown. A security perimeter was established with a radius of approximately 500 meters around the university.

The fire generated a large cloud of thick smoke, prompting local residents to be advised to keep their windows closed.

It has been reported that the flames spread within a building housing laboratories and hundreds of liters of flammable materials.