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Emergency services outside Somerset House in central London, August 17, 2024

Video. Fire at London's Somerset House contained, artworks safe

Updated: 18/08/2024 - 1:42 GMT+2

The venue's Courtauld Gallery is home to artworks such as Vincent Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear' and 'The Descent From The Cross' by Peter Paul Rubens but the blaze broke out on the opposite side of the Georgian-era complex.

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