Thursday, July 15, 2010

Many Icons Lost in Moscow Art Center; Two Firefighters Die in Fighting Flames

Several paintings and icons stored on the third floor of the Academician Grabar Russian Art Research and Restoration Center at 17 Radio Street in Moscow burned in a fire today (July 15, 2010), the Interfax-Religion website reports.

The fire fully destroyed the third floor.

The fire started in the attic and the roof and spread across an area exceeding 1,500 square meters.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has confirmed the deaths of two firefighters who were putting out the blaze.

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