A fire broke out Wednesday morning at Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park velodrome, prompting a major emergency response involving about 80 firefighters and 20 vehicles, authorities said.
Rio state military fire department said the blaze was under control and largely confined to the venue’s fabric roof.
There have been no reported injuries, and the interior of the building — including the Olympic Museum — remained untouched.
Rio mayor Eduardo Cavaliere told journalists that a small portion of the city’s 1,000-item Olympic museum, which lies inside the velodrome, was affected but that it could be fixed with only minor repairs.
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