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Brazil's 200-year-old national museum hit by huge fire

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668

Firefighters are tackling the blaze at the building, which contains more than 20 million items in its collection.

There have so far been no reports of any injuries in Sunday's fire.

The museum, which once served as the residence for the Portuguese royal family, celebrated its 200-year anniversary earlier this year.

Aerial images broadcast on Brazilian television showed how the fire, which started in the evening after the facility had closed for the day, had spread throughout the building
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One Twitter thread that I am following claims that there were no fire sprinklers in the building. I cannot confirm that at this time, however.

In any case it appears that this museum is on the order of importance and prestige of the British Museum. :(

EDIT: Looks like someone beat me to it. https://www.debatepolitics.com/brea...ear-old-national-museum-hit-massive-fire.html
 
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Phys251 said:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668



One Twitter thread that I am following claims that there were no fire sprinklers in the building. I cannot confirm that at this time, however.

In any case it appears that this museum is on the order of importance and prestige of the British Museum. :(
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I just saw this. This is an absolute tragedy. I hope the firefighters are able to save as much as possible.
 
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