(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 14 - The entrance door of the Higher Institute of Health in Rome is set on fire.
According to what has been learned, in the evening it was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire.
Those responsible fled.
The door was damaged by the flames and smoke invaded the hall of the institute.
The caretakers intervened and raised the alarm.
Some employees had recently left the Institute.
Under the scrutiny of the carabinieri, who deal with the investigations, the images of the cameras of the streets around the Higher Health Institute that could have taken those who set fire to the entrance door. At the moment the investigators do not exclude any leads, from the gesture of a madman to an act of demonstration. A carabinieri patrol put out the flames with a fire extinguisher supplied to the service car. The findings of the Investigative Unit are still underway, which will make a report for the Prosecutor's Office. The damage would not be huge. The president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità Silvio Brusaferro, together with the director Andrea Piccioli, in an internal communication to the employees about the fire at the door of the Regina Elena building recommends raising the level of attention. "In addition to the surveillance and alert systems already in place - reads the communication - we recommend the utmost attention and vigilance". (HANDLE).