National Museum of Brazil fire
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national-museum-of-brazil-fire-177-2088724
title:
National Museum of Brazil fire
text:
The National Museum of Brazil was heavily damaged by a large fire which began about 19:30 local time on 2 September 2018. Although some items were saved, it is believed that 92.5% of its archive of 20 million items was destroyed in the fire as around 1.5 million items were stored in a separate building and were not damaged. First responders fighting the fire were hindered by a lack of water. Rio's fire chief said that two nearby fire hydrants had insufficient water, leaving firefighters to resor
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2018 museum fire at Rio de Janeiro
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Brazil_fire
date created:
2018-09-03T02:09:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T23:02:53Z
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