A fire destroyed today the Museum of Natural History of India located in central New Delhi, a regular stop thousands of Indian students and an "incalculable loss."
"The fire at the Museum of Natural History is a tragedy (...) It is a natural treasure. It is an incalculable loss," he said in his Twitter account Prakash Javadekar, Environment Minister of India, which depends on the Cultural center.
Javadekar said he has ordered an audit in 34 other museums dependent of his ministry to prevent incidents like this from recurring.
The fire started at 2.00 local time (20.30 GMT Monday) on the top floor of the building in which the museum is located, and although it has already been extinguished, fire crews are still cooling the place to prevent flames They are rekindling.
Garg revealed that yet know how the fire could generate this morning, adding that "unfortunately" the safety mechanism of the building to avoid such events "did not work".
The Natural History Museum of India is located on the top three floors of a building belonging to the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (FICCI, for its acronym in English).
The secretary general of FICCI, A. Didar Singh said through a statement that "no one was inside the building when the fire started" and confirmed that the cause of the fire "under investigation".
The museum, which has three showrooms on ecology, conservationism and an introduction to the natural history, has numerous stuffed specimens, along with ancient fossils and botanical samples.