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- A massive fire at Brazil’s National Museum, which housed over 20 million rare and ancient artifacts, has been blamed on years of neglect and budget cuts that left it in a vulnerable state.
- The cause of the fire is still not yet known, though officials have said the blaze was a “tragedy” that could have been avoided.
- Dozens protested in front of the museum’s gates, and police launched tear gas into the crowd.
- Officials have estimated that as much as 90 percent of the museum’s artifacts have likely been destroyed.
A massive fire at Brazil’s National Museum, which housed over 20 million rare and ancient artifacts, has been blamed on years of neglect and budget cuts that left it in a vulnerable state.
The fire began at 7:30 p.m. local time Sunday and ripped through the 200-year-old National Museum in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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