Plans are also afoot, according to Patton, to install an expensive high-tech electric perimeter fence with an intruder alarm.

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The military were called to the scene by police officers who responded to an intruder alarm which was triggered by the fire.

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Officers say the intruder, or intruders, interfered with the alarm system several times overnight, setting it off repeatedly so that it was disabled by the museum guards.

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