Fire hits roof of Czech National Museum in PragueFebruary 12, 2016 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 150 firefighters have extinguished a fire that damaged the roof and attic of the Czech National Museum in the capital, Prague, the Associated Press reports. Firefighters spokeswoman Pavline Adamcova says the fire broke at about 1.30 a.m. (0030 GMT) Friday, February 12 and it took the crews about two hours to get it under control. Adamcova says some 200 square meters (2,150 square feet) of the roof were damaged. National Museum director Michal Lukes says it is not immediately clear what caused the fire. The overall damage is being assessed. The monumental building that dates to 1891 is located at the top of downtown Wenceslas Square. It is in the middle of a major refurbishment and there are no collections inside. It is due to reopen in 2018. Related links: Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |