People watch as a fire burns at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. A massive fire raced through the 200-year-old museum on Sunday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archeological finds to historic
Billions for vanity projects like hosting the World Cup and Olympics. Not one cent to protect a country’s national heritage.
“...was likely caused by an electrical short-circuit or small paper-based hot air balloon landing on the roof.”
Sounds like their fire prevention and their fire forensics is on par with each other.
So sad though to lose all of those priceless and irreplaceable artifacts. Although I suppose it will keep Egypt from sending those nasty emails all the time asking for their stuff back.
