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The National Museum of Brazil destroyed by fire; most of the 20 million items destroyed
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:11 am
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:11 am
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One of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the Americas was almost totally destroyed in Sunday's fire in Rio de Janeiro.
This included the 12,000-year-old remains of a woman known as "Luzia" - the oldest discovered in Latin America.
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The fire started on Sunday evening, after the building - a 19th Century former royal palace - closed for the day.
The cause is not known, but Culture Minister Sergio Sa Leitao was quoted in Brazilian media as saying it may have been ignited by a small paper hot air balloon landing on the roof.
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One issue appears to be the lack of a sprinkler system. Mr Dias Duarte told Globo TV that a $5.3m (£4.1m) modernisation plan agreed in June would have included the installation of modern fire prevention equipment, but only after October's elections.
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Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:12 am to GetCocky11
Sure the cause wasn't global warming?
Seriously though, that terrible.
Seriously though, that terrible.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:13 am to doubleb
I don’t get your joke.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:14 am to Bmath
It was Ze Germans
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:14 am to GetCocky11
Yeah, that was a tough story to read this weekend. Sucks.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:14 am to GetCocky11
Guess there are Muslims in Brazil.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:26 am to GetCocky11
guess that's one negative of museums; when you extract precious artifacts from around the land and concentrate them in one place.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:28 am to GetCocky11
damn that is a terrible loss
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:33 am to GetCocky11
Brazil gonna Brazil
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:56 am to GetCocky11
It's borderline criminal to have a museum with so many priceless artifacts and no sprinkler/fire suppression system.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:57 am to GetCocky11
Wow-
Reminds one of the Reichstag fire.
Reminds one of the Reichstag fire.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:04 am to LSUBFA83
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It's borderline criminal to have a museum with so many priceless artifacts and no sprinkler/fire suppression system.
The third world continues to have challenges.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:07 am to Ace Midnight
Brazil is a BRIC(K) country
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:10 am to athenslife101
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Brazil is a BRIC(K) country
Russia is a third world country, too.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:15 am to GetCocky11
I saw these headlines and wondered myself "how the hell does a museum burn down?" I mean, I can only imagine the Smithsonian being a total loss if a missle hit it.
Then I read: "ignited by a small paper hot air balloon landing on the roof... One issue appears to be the lack of a sprinkler system."
Zero sympathy. How can you have 20 million artifacts and not even a sprinkler system? Embarrassingly stupid.
Then I read: "ignited by a small paper hot air balloon landing on the roof... One issue appears to be the lack of a sprinkler system."
Zero sympathy. How can you have 20 million artifacts and not even a sprinkler system? Embarrassingly stupid.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:42 am to eScott
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It was Ze Germans
You people truly are the worst posters on this site. I'd read 50 Pecker threads a day if it meant these posts would disappear.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:48 am to GetCocky11
Thank you for that second photo. Elsewhere I had read it was a wooden building and your 2nd puts that to rest.
I wondered why there hadn't been fire walls installed...they didn't really need new fire walls, just barriers at the roof line above existing walls and fire doors that could be dropped by security in case of a fire. Surely they had some kind of security at night?
I wondered why there hadn't been fire walls installed...they didn't really need new fire walls, just barriers at the roof line above existing walls and fire doors that could be dropped by security in case of a fire. Surely they had some kind of security at night?
Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:51 am to GetCocky11
Brazil is destroying their history too.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:55 am to GetCocky11
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most of the 20 million items destroyed
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yep...everything got all uh, burned up...yep.
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Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:22 am to GetCocky11
I read an article that the entire maintenance budget for the museum was $9000/yr. The employees apparently chipped in to pay for cleaning services.
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