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Ivorian sets himself alight at Rome's Fiumicino airport
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ROME (Reuters) - A man from Ivory Coast doused himself with fuel and set himself on fire at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Thursday after showing officials a deportation order, police said.
The incident occurred in a customs police office in Terminal 3 of the airport, Italy's largest. Police said the man had poured a canister of fuel over himself and ignited it with a lighter.
The man was taken to hospital in serious condition while a policeman who put out the flames sustained a burn to his arm.
The smoke caused alarm among travelers and a small part of the airport was briefly closed off. No other injuries or disruption were reported.
(Reporting by Naomi O'Leary; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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