Contained fire at Buckingham Palace
Published
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
A small fire which broke out on the evening of Sunday 2 June has been contained.
The fire, in a flat above the East Gallery, was quickly detected at 6:45pm by the Palace's internal automatic fire detection system. The fire brigade was called and the fire was rapidly extinguished.
Nobody was injured and there has been no damage to works of art. There has been some water damage to carpets caused by burst pipes and the damage has been limited to one plastered ceiling and one glazed ceiling.
Three pictures have been removed to another part of the building as a precaution:
Portrait of Queen Charlotte by Benjamin West
Portrait of Mrs. Jordan by Joshua Reynolds
View of Copenhagen by Heinrich Hansen
Related content
Christmas Broadcast 1962
Year by year, our families change and grow up. So does our Commonwealth family.
Christmas Broadcast 1961
For that child was to show that there is nothing in heaven and earth that cannot be achieved by faith and by love and service to one's neighbour.
Christmas Broadcast 1960
Although the contribution which any one person can make is small, it is real and important.
