Cleggy - no I didn't leave the Gas on.

Fire guts Brazil's Antarctic research station

 

The Brazilian navy said the fire had destroyed the entire station

The blast was caused by a fire in a machine room at the Comandante Ferraz base, on King George Island, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
More than 30 people were evacuated to a Chilean research station nearby.



An investigation is under way to establish the cause of the blaze.

This is awfully sad, if there is any good news - better it happened now than in the depth of winter. Knowing the way the community pulls together down there I am sure they will get all the help they need.