Inferno at Brazil's National Museum Causes Irreplaceable Damage and Grief

Summary: On September 2, 2018, Brazil's National Museum went up into flames. The cause of the explosion is still unknown, but many people were in tears as the building got devoured by the flames. Marco Aurelio Caldas, a veteran employee of the museum explained,"This is 200 years of work of a scientific institution- the most important one in Latin America."The museum housed 20 million ancient artifacts that Brazil and Latin America treasured for many centuries. One of the most notable artifacts housed by the museum was the bones of a 25 year old woman know as "Lucia." The remains of Lucia were the oldest ever discovered in Brazil. The people of Brazil and Latin America suffered a tremendous loss on Sunday, but the firefighters of Brazil are doing everything they can to prevent another catastrophe like this from happening again.

Analysis: This article was published on September 3, 2018 and updated at 10:39 AM ET. The recent publishing date implies that the information contained in the article is accurate. On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in downtown Oklahoma City was bombed. Although artifacts weren't in the building, it took the lives of 168 people. After the bombing the federal government ordered that all federal buildings  in all major cities be surrounded by prefabricated jersey barriers to prevent similar attacks. This is related to the article about Brazil National Museum fire because with both incidents, the damage is irreplaceable. I believe that the Brazil National Museum needs to have less safety hazards and improve on storing artifacts in a safe way in the event that an incident like this happens again. This article is aimed towards the people of Brazil and more specifically, the people of the world to let them know that a mistake like this can lead to irreversible consequences. This article is also significant because it informs us to look out for suspicious threats and to warn that safety is a definite priority.