Fire breaks out at Rome Fiumicino Airport

Italy has cancelled dozens of flights to and from its busiest airport - Fiumicino in Rome - after a fire gutted part of its international terminal.

The fire broke out at about midnight (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday and took some five hours to bring it under control.

Mobile phone footage captured the overnight blaze which gutted a shopping area at terminal three.

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