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Aug 10th, 2007, 6:11 pm

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• HBO's "Rome" set burns in Italian studio fire

ROME (Reuters) - Fire ripped through a section of Italy's famous Cinecitta film studios late on Thursday, partly destroying the set for the HBO television series "Rome."

The blaze at Cinecitta, known as 'Hollywood on the Tiber,' began around 10 p.m., apparently in an area of sprawling studio complex that was used to warehouse old film, a studio official said.

Flames climbed 40 meters (131 feet) high and spread to the old "Rome" set, which HBO once billed as the largest standing film set in the world. Cinecitta had hoped to reuse that recreation of ancient Rome for other projects.

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