The museum on fire...

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The Indonesian National Museum caught fire and began burning at about 7.45 pm on Saturday, the 16^th of September 2023 and by 8 pm the fire brigade had been called. They arrived within minutes of the call, as the fire department is situated close by. Despite the long dry season, the canal behind the Museum still had water in it and soon dirty canal water was being used to try to douse the fire which rose like an orange and red rooster flying to the top of a building at the back of the old section of the Museum – the part built between 1862 and 1868. (...)