Fire destroyed Historic Pier at Weston-super-Mare (UK)
Chris Borrison / The Grand Pier in flames On July 28, 2008, a huge fire has completely destroyed the partly wooden pier in...
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Fire at Manezh Exhibition Center in Moscow (Russia)
Night image of the indoor riding academy in Moscow (Russia) called Manezh, which has been severely damahed on 14 March,...
1996 Treasury Building Fire – Washington DC (USA)
On June 26, 1996, during a construction project to install a new roof on the building, a fire started in...
24 die in Historic Building Fire in Calcutta (India)
On March 22nd, 2010, a fire occurred in the Stephen Court, located in the heart of the Calcutta, which houses...
Fire in Historical Exhibition Building in Prague (Czech Republic)
Image of the fire of the Industrial Palace (Průmyslový Palác) in Prague (Marie Kolovratnikova, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia...
700 years old Church Fire in Bistrita (Romania)
Image released into the public domain by its author, Muzsi Endre-Előd. The 700-year-old Evangelist church in the city of Bistrita...
Restoration of Sungnyemun Gate, Seoul (Korea)
Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Gate, Seoul in 2013 By DoulosCore at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39905526 On Feb. 11, 2008, a...
Measuring the Impact of Fire Extinguisher Agents on Cultural Resource Materials – Final Report (2010)
One of the main problems posed by fire protection of cultural resources is the behavior of archaic and support materials...
Cutty Sark Fire: Vacuum Cleaner Blamed
The Cutty Sark the day after the May, 21 2007 Fire (Stephen Craven / The Cutty Sark, burnt out) On the morning...
Anna Amalia Library Fire – Weimar (Germany)
The building of the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar after del 2004 fire - Michak, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via...
240.000$ Damages to Restore Books after Car Hit Hydrant
The California Historical Society reopened on March 2nd, 2009, after a flood damaged more than 1,500 antique and historic books...
Fire Drill at Canterbury Cathedral (UK)
Becket's Crown, the eastern most point of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England (Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0) In...
Fire at Zurich Carpenters’ Guildhouse cause death of Firefighter
A 650-year-old building in Zurich, known as the Zimmerleuten guild house, suffered extensive damage in a recent fire, resulting in...
Drunk electrician starts fire in Moscow gallery
On 11th Jan 2009, a drunk electrician started a fire at a world-famous Moscow art museum after he fell asleep...
Monna Lisa Threatened by Sprinkler in 1963
According the Art Newspaper In 1963, the most famous painting in the world, the Leonardo da Vinci's Monna Lisa, narrowly...
Water leak from hydrant in historic library
On December 23rd, 2009, in the historic library of "Accademia delle Scienze", inside the Egyptian museum in Turin (Italy), the...
Fire Loss to Historic Buildings – The Executive COST C17 Summary of Recommendations
Fire continues to be one of the greatest threats to our shared cultural heritage. The COST Action C17 Action (Built Heritage:...
How to Build an Emergency Plans for Museums: a Getty Guide
The Getty Conservation Institute has published on its website the "Building an Emergency Plan", which is the result of a...
Scottish Castle Saved by “Quick Actions” of Staff
Floors Castle in Scotland from Morris's ''Country Seats'', 1880 A positive example of how useful is keeping a good level...
Fire Effects on Archaic Materials and Archeology Sites
Image of a wall of the Roman Forum in Rome, also built to protect the Forum from fires of the...
Damage Limitation Teams: How to Improve Safety Management
Management is an important part of fire safety of the built heritage and of cultural resources. To ensure permanent risk...
Risk of Restoration Works: Six Years of Fire in Venice
Venice, 27 june 1998: fire in the outside of Santi Geremia e Lucia's church. In this case the scaffolding contributed...
