[(Title)] Firefighters Battle Huge Fire at 200-Year-Old National Museum in Rio De Janeiro.

(RIO DE JANEIRO) — A massive fire tore through a 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, lighting up the night and sending large plumes of smoke into the air.

周日，一场大火烧毁了里约热内卢一个有着200年历史的博物馆，大火照亮了夜晚，大量的烟在空中弥漫。

Firefighters worked to put out the blaze at the esteemed National Museum in northern Rio. It wasn't immediately clear how the fire began.

消防队员努力在里约北部的著名国家博物馆扑灭大火，目前还不清楚火势是如何发生的。

News portal G1, citing the museum, reported that nobody was injured and the fire began after the museum had closed for the day. An email sent to the museum late Sunday was not immediately returned.

新闻网站G1援引博物馆的话说，没有人受伤，大火在当天博物馆关闭后开始燃烧，周日晚些时候一封发给博物馆的电子邮件没有被立即回复。

Sgt. Moises Torres from the state's firefighting headquarters said firefighters got the call and were dispatched at 7:30 p.m. He said there was no immediate information about injuries.

来自州消防总部的莫伊赛斯·脱托雷斯上尉说，消防队员接到了呼叫，并于下午7时30分出发。

In a statement, President Michel Temer said it was  "a sad day for all Brazilians."

米歇尔·特梅尔总统在发言中说“对于所有巴西人来说，这都是悲惨的一天，这意味着200年的工作、调查和知识已经丢失。”

"Two hundred years of work, investigation and knowledge have been lost,"  said Temer.

According to the museum's website, it has thousands of items related to the history of Brazil and other countries, and is part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

该博物馆的网站显示，该馆保留着数千件与巴西和其他国家的历史有关的物品，而且它也是里约热内卢联邦大学的一部分。

The collections include artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first fossils found in Brazil, according to the website. Many of those collections came from members of Brazil's royal family.

该网站称，这些收藏品包括来自埃及的文物、希腊罗马艺术和巴西发现的第一批化石，其中许多收藏来自巴西王室成员。