Small Fire Quickly Contained at Grande Rio’s Cidade do Samba Workshop

Overview

• The incident began in a sculpture inside the Acadêmicos do Grande Rio barracão in Rio’s Cidade do Samba complex.
• The workshop’s internal brigade controlled the flames before Rio’s Fire Department teams completed the response on site.
• No injuries were reported by authorities.
• Grande Rio reported no significant material loss and said workshop operations continue normally.
• Reports differ on timing, with the school citing Tuesday morning and the Fire Department citing Wednesday, and it remains unclear whether any costumes or floats were affected.