Coincidence? Or is a pattern emerging?
National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi - April 26, 2018. Cause of fire unknown, but a malfunctioning sprinkler system contributed to the fire spreading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_New_Delhi
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fire-devastates-new-delhis-national-museum-natural-history-180958914/
National Museum of Brazil - September 2, 2018. Fire was blamed on a faulty air conditioner. Most of the 20 million artifact collection was lost.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/faulty-air-conditioning-unit-sparked-devastating-brazil-national-museum-fire-180971903/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil-fire.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
"In Brazil today, producing science and culture is increasingly a political act, and an act of resistance. It means opposing the government’s austerity regime. It means hearing that you and your work are not important—that it’s better to just privatize everything. It means finding the strength to overcome systematic federal disinvestment. It means embracing a career that is both financially and socially undervalued. But above all, it means possessing the hope and strength to fight for better days."
https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2018/09/what-rio-really-lost-in-the-fire/570475/
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in St. Louis - March 27, 2019
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/four-alarm-fire-burns-st-louis-museum-that-holds-historic/article_fe75b0d5-b93f-52fb-9136-a556786da9ee.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/everything-inside-st-louis-museum-saved-from-fire-but-fate/article_0d1e2f7a-2fb4-56ff-9720-2735c6fcd84f.html#2
Notre Dame - April 15, 2019. Fire is being blamed on construction accident.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/notre-dame-fire-drone-video-cathedral-video-pictures-aerial-interior-a8871671.html