Blaze severely damages six-storey building with fire service reporting that water system not working

Smoke rises from The National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi on April 26, 2016, after an early morning fire was controlled. No casualties were reported, but the entire collection may have been lost.
Smoke rises from The National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi on April 26, 2016, after an early morning fire was controlled. No casualties were reported, but the entire collection may have been lost. © PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images

In the early hours of this morning, a fire broke out in New Delhi’s National Museum of Natural History and ripped through the building. Thankfully, there were no fatalities (two firefighters were injured while tackling the blaze, but both have been released from hospital), but it is feared that the museum may have lost its entire collection. The institution, which was opened in 1978 in an effort to promote environmental awareness, was preparing to move to new facilities after a government report expressed concerns over the building’s maintenance.

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