In the center of the British capital London, about a hundred firefighters extinguished a fire in the Somerset House Palace. This was reported by The Guardian, according to UNN.
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It is noted that the first signal about the fire in the building in the city center was received at 11:59. Fifteen fire trucks were engaged in extinguishing the fire. According to firefighters, the flames engulfed part of the roof of the building. There is no information about the cause of the fire.
Somerset House said that the fire started in a "small part of the building" and that all staff and visitors were safe.
Assistant Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade Keeley Foster said the building's antiquity and design posed a challenge to extinguish. Crews will remain on site overnight.
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Somerset House is a former royal palace where Queen Elizabeth I lived when she was a princess. Today, the building houses the Courtauld Gallery, which houses a large art collection of paintings from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
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