On April 15, 1958, a fire broke out in the Museum of Modern Art. Smoke quickly filled the building and it took firefighters an hour to contain the blaze. A retrospective of Post-Impressionist ...
The museum, which describes itself as the “safest places for art during a fire,” is now in a mandatory ... to maintain a pressure flow to keep smoke from entering the building from outside.
But, our hearts are shattered." The fire department said one of its engines was returning from another call when the crew noticed smoke from the House of Art. When they got there, the porch was ...