A massive fire broke out at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia.
Over 30 people have been evacuated from the premises, and emergency vehicles are currently in the scene to provide relief measures
The Pushkin Museum is the largest museum of European Art in Moscow, and houses Van Gogh and Picasso, among others.
The fire has been contained to a 40-sq-meter area. The blaze was fully extinguished after over an hour after it broke out.
There were no visitors inside the private collections’ two-story building as it is currently closed for reconstruction and no exhibitions are held there. No artworks were damaged by the flames, according to preliminary information provided by a fire department official.
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