Fire alarms and sprinklers had been turned off when a blaze, suspected to be caused by a smoking worker, broke out in Australia's residence at the Olympic athletes' village. About 100 Australian ...
A massive fire on Sunday ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest, in what the nation’s president said was a “tragic” loss of knowledge and heritage. The ...
In a statement, the Rio museum said the blaze began around 7:30 pm. There were no reported injuries and the fire began after it had closed to the public, said the statement. A massive fire tore ...
RIO DE JANEIRO: A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 11 people dead and forcing medical staff and desperate relatives to rescue patients from ...