[Nhcoll-l] Fire in Museu Nacional

[Joachim Haendel]

Dear Marcelo, dear colleagues,
These are very sad news!!

To learn from this tragedy - can you tell us something about the cause of the fire?

Best wishes
Joachim



---- On 3 Sep 2018 at 2:55, Marcelo Weksler wrote:

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> We are living a vey sad moment for the museum community in Brazil and the world. Late last night, we lost our Museu Nacional of Rio de Janeiro to fire. 
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> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668 <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668>
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> Millions of irreplaceable specimens and artifacts are lost. Vertebrate and some invertebrate collections, as well as the herbarium, are safe.
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> Standing there watching the historical building burn, our history gone in flames, will be a nightmare hard to forget.
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> Marcelo Weksler
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