Multi-million collection of art destroyed in fire
According to the American television channel KTLA, on Wednesday at a house in Los Angeles broke a fire, which killed sverhdorogaya collection of works of art. The owner, lawyer Brian Uittser (Brian Witzer), estimated the damage at 14 million dollars. The collection includes paintings, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as violin Stradivari and Faberge egg. Collection of cars Ferrari, however, managed to save.
5-storey house Uittsera located close to other buildings, but thanks to the efforts of firefighters the fire did not spread. According to the lawyer, the fire started because of a short circuit in his 600-gallon aquarium. In fighting the fire lasted half an hour. No one, fortunately, was not injured.
article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI
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