The loss of the National Museum of Brazil is tragic.
Michel Temer, the president of Brazil, tweeted that it was “a sad day for all Brazilians.”
“The loss of the National Museum collection is incalculable for Brazil,” he wrote. “Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge have been lost.”
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2 posted on
09/03/2018 1:42:15 PM PDT by
Carriage Hill
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So I take it the museum had not been retrofitted with a fire suppression sprinkler system?
3 posted on
09/03/2018 1:43:03 PM PDT by
PeteB570
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A little late to say threatens, the fire has done its damage.
7 posted on
09/03/2018 2:00:25 PM PDT by
Reno89519
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The photo I saw on Drudge made the loss look total. Every window lit orange and the roof appeared to have collapsed.
8 posted on
09/03/2018 2:01:45 PM PDT by
BradyLS
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My guess it was thieves trying to cover multi million dollar theft, and it got out of hand. They may have only wanted to burn the less valuable stuff in a section.
I cannot imagine why there was no effective fire suppression system
10 posted on
09/03/2018 2:09:41 PM PDT by
FatherofFive
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I read that it could be an electrical problem — a short or spark of some sort — or a hot air balloon. Yes, hot air balloon. Evidently it’s a Brazilian tradition to launch small homemade hot air balloons containing candles or some other compact heat-generating flame, and these same balloons often land on rooftops, causing many fires year in and year out.
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Another socialist success story.
21 posted on
09/03/2018 6:00:53 PM PDT by
RetiredTexasVet
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When the firemen got there, the hydrants didn't work. Don't they test them on a regular schedule? I guess not.
Eventually they got them going. A bit late.
As cool it is to be in that old building, if you value the contents, you need a state of the art facility.
22 posted on
09/03/2018 6:01:03 PM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
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I agree.
The loss of the irreplaceable treasures there bothers me.
27 posted on
09/03/2018 8:01:31 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
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