julia carneiro reports.es, engulfed in flames. the fire at the national museum in rio started early on sunday evening when it was closed, and burned deep into the night. this old colonial building was a residence of the portuguese imperial family in the 1800s. it held 20 million items related to anthropology, biology, archaeology, such as the oldest skeleton ever found in the americas, known as lucia, 12,000 years old. and this brazilian dinosaur being displayed in one of the museum's latest exhibitions. crucial chapters of brazilian history and world history are disappearing with those flames. despite year after year of warnings against budget cuts and lack of conservation. the damage caused here was incalculable, brazil's president, michel themer said, that the government is under scrutiny after what happened. another blow following severe budget cuts to scientific research and universities in brazil. brazil has been fighting for years and years to get better funding, in order to prevent something that has