Flames in the former Etruria gymnasium, damaged the premises and a work of the San Domenico museum [notiziediprato.it]

The first floor of the building that housed the offices of the former Etruria gymnasium, part of the San Domenico complex, was burned and the Nave di Luce work inside the new wing of the museum was damaged.
The fire broke out yesterday, March 2, shortly after 19.30. The gate overlooking a dead end of Corso Savonarola has been opened and the entrance door smashed. According to the first findings made by the scientific police, there are two triggers: one on the first floor where materials for the summer events organized in San Domenico were kept and the other in the museum premises. Here the window was broken to throw inside the incendiary material that landed on a part of the work, fortunately built with fireproof material. The caretaker of the complex who saw smoke coming out of the former gym gave the alarm
The firefighters arrived on the spot and put out the fire, preventing it from spreading to other areas of the complex. “We think it is an act of vandalism – explained Claudio Cerrettelli, director of the diocesan museums – as there are two different triggers, moreover on the ground floor of the building there is a construction site where it would have been difficult to set fire. Those responsible for the gesture deliberately went up to the first floor and then broke the museum window. However, the investigators are investigating. The damage is enormous. “.

The area is not controlled by video cameras and is often a meeting place for stragglers. “On Monday – continues Cerretelli – the premises were in order, there are no traces of bivouacs, a detail that makes us even more think of a voluntary act”. The premises that burned, in the renovation project of the complex, should become a meeting room, while the ground floor is the entrance to the museum.

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