RIO DE JANEIRO: An enormous fire raced thru Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, most likely destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, starting from archeological unearths to historic memorabilia.
The destruction of the building, once a palace for emperors that had fallen into disrepair, used to be an "incalculable loss for Brazil," President Michel Temer mentioned in a observation.
"Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge were lost."
There used to be no word of the possible motive late on Sunday, nor if there have been casualties or the precise extent of damage.
Firefighters in Rio did not reply to requests for comment.
Live tv broadcast images of the hearth, which started after the tip of visiting hours at 5 p.m., burning out of keep watch over all through the building late into the night time.
The museum, which is tied to the Rio de Janeiro federal university and the training ministry, used to be founded in 1818. It properties several landmark collections, together with Egyptian artifacts and the oldest human fossil present in Brazil.
The museum had suffered from years of overlook underneath a large number of governments, the establishment's vice-director the Globo TV community on Sunday night time.
"We never got anything from the federal government," mentioned the respectable, Luiz Duarte. "We recently finalized an agreement with (state-run development bank) BNDES for a massive investment, so that we could finally restore the palace and, ironically, we had planned on a new fire prevention system."
In a observation posted on its website in June, BNDES agreed to financing of 21.7 million reais ($5.35 million) to "physically restore the historic building" and also to hold out paintings to "guarantee more security to its collections."
The destruction of the building, once a palace for emperors that had fallen into disrepair, used to be an "incalculable loss for Brazil," President Michel Temer mentioned in a observation.
"Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge were lost."
There used to be no word of the possible motive late on Sunday, nor if there have been casualties or the precise extent of damage.
Firefighters in Rio did not reply to requests for comment.
Live tv broadcast images of the hearth, which started after the tip of visiting hours at 5 p.m., burning out of keep watch over all through the building late into the night time.
The museum, which is tied to the Rio de Janeiro federal university and the training ministry, used to be founded in 1818. It properties several landmark collections, together with Egyptian artifacts and the oldest human fossil present in Brazil.
The museum had suffered from years of overlook underneath a large number of governments, the establishment's vice-director the Globo TV community on Sunday night time.
"We never got anything from the federal government," mentioned the respectable, Luiz Duarte. "We recently finalized an agreement with (state-run development bank) BNDES for a massive investment, so that we could finally restore the palace and, ironically, we had planned on a new fire prevention system."
In a observation posted on its website in June, BNDES agreed to financing of 21.7 million reais ($5.35 million) to "physically restore the historic building" and also to hold out paintings to "guarantee more security to its collections."
Massive fire tears through Rio's 200-year old National Museum
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