A dense cloud of black smoke enveloped

Termini Station

in the heart of Rome in the afternoon. 

The fire, according to the firefighters, involved

10 scooters parked

in via Marsala, right in front of the entrance to the station, and is now almost completely extinguished. 

The shack of a homeless

man also hit by the flames

.

It is not yet clear where he started from. 

On the spot, in addition to the firefighters, the police.

A bar a few steps away was evacuated

, and a woman who inhaled smoke was rescued, while via Solferino was closed to traffic as a precaution. 

At the moment no one is

injured

.