By YKA Staff:
Between 1:30 and 2:00 am, a massive fire broke out in Delhi’s Natural History Museum, gutting the 6-storeyed building. Mr. Atul Garg, Additional Director, Delhi Fire Services, told the Hindu that “The entire building has been destroyed”. “The water system in the building was not working, and we had to arrange for water to be brought from a nearby metro station – that was the reason there was so much damage. If the water was working we could have saved a lot more of the building,” a spokesperson from the fire service told The Guardian.
Among the collection that was destroyed was a bone from a sauropod dinosaur, estimated to be 160 million years old. According to The Guardian, it may have belonged to one of the largest animals to have walked the earth. Twitter was brimming with anger and sadness, with users hoping that the museum is rebuilt, and that we actually start caring more about places that preserve our history.
When the fire broke out, around 2 am.
WATCH: Fire which broke out at Delhi's Natural History Museum at around 2 am today morning (earlier visuals)https://t.co/ygh6K86G4Y
— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2016
How the building looked once the fire had been put out.
https://twitter.com/huizhong_wu/status/724881164364877824
It was a place of childhood memories for many.
Horrid to see Delhi 's Natural History museum gutted in a fire. Million childhood memories tied to it. Was right next to my school as well
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) April 26, 2016
What!! Delhi's National History museum destroyed in fire? This is just so tragic 🙁 million memories associated with that place
— Sunanda Vashisht (@sunandavashisht) April 26, 2016
Fire destroys natural history museum, Delhi.. Hope there are no casualties. As a kid, so many memories. Sigh!! https://t.co/o7iu2Xk5K1
— Khal-Nair (@nitinnair81) April 26, 2016
“I’ve lost a good friend.”
Over 20 yrs since I last visited #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Delhi but I feel like I have lost a good friend 🙁 https://t.co/UTrjkZtreS
— Shalini / शालिनी (@ShaliniAustin) April 26, 2016
Will the government wake up?
https://twitter.com/H0K04/status/724867851740450817
Is this part of a larger problem?
A fire gutted the Zoological museum in Kolkata then the national ecological museum in Delhi. Am I the only one who is trying to see a link?
— Tanmoy Ibrahim (@La_Muckraker) April 26, 2016
“Hope you’re rebuilt.” A thread of wonderful memories.
https://twitter.com/godavar/status/724848821856014336
Can only imagine this massive T-Rex statue.
@sowmyarao_ @ikaveri @godavar The first thing that got me to drag my parents in was a massive T-Rex statue on the front lawn..
— Ankit Sharma (@ankit_sharmank) April 26, 2016