Massive fire destroys India's National Museum of Natural History

  • 8 years ago
India’s National Museum of Natural History has been gutted by an early morning fire in central Delhi. The fire broke out on the top floor of the FICCI building in which it is housed, gutting parts of the museum. Most of its valuable artifacts, including a dinosaur fossil, are believed to have been lost.SEE ALSO: A new app is trying to get India to read more by being the Netflix of booksThe 38-year-old museum focused on India’s flora and fauna, conservation and environmental education, and was especially popular with school children.