Flamengo CEO Says Club Not to Blame for Tragic Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Power surges caused by the torrential rains and strong winds...
February 11, 2019Topic
fire
Fire at Flamengo Youth Training Camp Leaves Ten Dead in Rio
A fire during the early morning hours on Friday at the Flamengo youth training center left at least ten dead...
February 8, 2019
Rain Threatens Recovery of Brazil’s National Museum in Rio
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to officials leading the recovery and reconstruction of the...
November 8, 2018
Ministry of Education Commits R$10 Million to Brazilian Museum Agency
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The fire that destroyed ninety percent of the collection house...
October 2, 2018
Brazil’s National Museum Displays Exhibition Two Weeks After Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday, September 16th, two weeks after a massive fire...
September 17, 2018
Brazil’s National Museum Staff Save Irreplaceable Items During Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One day after the devastating inferno that consumed the National...
September 4, 2018
Rio’s 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Massive Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a sad and shocking scene late Sunday (September 2nd),...
September 3, 2018
São Paulo Firefighters Search for Survivors of Collapsed Building
Officials say there are 44 persons still unaccounted for, who may be trapped beneath the debris of the building that...
May 2, 2018
Fire Causes Collapse of 24-Story Building in São Paulo
The abandoned building had 90 families, and a total of 248 squatters, living there at the time of the fire.
May 1, 2018