"It's a loss for Brazil, our history was stored there" – A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeirohttps://t.co/uggZmJcdHL pic.twitter.com/k6bieX7dr7

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 3, 2018

A mixture of deep sorrow, anger and resentment has swept Brazilians across the country after the burning of their beloved National Museum https://t.co/tsJwyc6Xmm pic.twitter.com/QPp6AHC8VC

— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2018

"It was like setting Versailles on fire. Years of history that can never be recovered."

Massive fire engulfed Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro destroying more than 20 million historical pieces. https://t.co/9xz65qaj06 pic.twitter.com/QK6X1ahs76

— ABC News (@ABC) September 3, 2018

Brazilians blame neglect and corruption for the loss of their national museum https://t.co/Y0FGGicdMp pic.twitter.com/qMS2gCJ4Hb

— TIME (@TIME) September 4, 2018

Massive fire tears through Rio's 200-year old National Museum https://t.co/KEgzRqnJLr pic.twitter.com/skxKZAiCDw

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 3, 2018

Brazil's National Museum, which is engulfed in flames, was home to priceless items, including Egyptian artifacts and the country's oldest human fossil https://t.co/iFnA1Nryq0

— BNO News (@BNONews) September 3, 2018

Irreplaceable fossils, Egyptian artifacts, and invertebrate specimens are thought destroyed by the blaze, a loss the Brazilian president is lamenting as "incalculable to Brazil." https://t.co/d1n1x3uC1P

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) September 3, 2018

A massive fire guts the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil's oldest and most important, with valuable national treasures inside https://t.co/cZLZ4w1kNT pic.twitter.com/FSs3NeKXry

— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 3, 2018

New footage shows the extent of the 'catastrophic' blaze that gutted Brazil's National Museum and destroyed more than 20 million priceless artefacts. https://t.co/T2go5oN28Q pic.twitter.com/Dzyo6L677X

— SBS News (@SBSNews) September 3, 2018