Frankfurt [Germany], February 26: A fire broke out in one of Germany's largest natural history museums on Friday night.
No one was injured in the fire at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, the fire brigade announced on Saturday. The museum announced it would be closed until Wednesday. Among other things, the museum is known for its huge dinosaur skeletons. The fire brigade said they were unaware of damage to exhibits.
A police spokesman said, "A technical defect in the basement is suspected." The upper rooms had filled with smoke, he added.
According to the fire brigade, the blaze had broken out in a windowless side room without exhibits in the electrical distribution system. The flames were quickly brought under control.
The brigade, with 20 firefighters in six vehicles, used mobile ventilators in the large building, which is more than 100 years old, to ventilate the smoke through other rooms and more distant windows into the open air. (dpa)
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