National Museum of Brazil fire

When

2 Sep 2018

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

22.91° S, 43.23° W

Description

2018 museum fire at Rio de Janeiro

Deaths

0

Injured

0

2018 museum fire at Rio de Janeiro

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% of its archive of 20 million items was destroyed in the fire. The small number of unscathed items were stored in a separate building which was not damaged.

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