Rescuers race to save valuable paintings from 17th-century building as blaze sends smoke over Danish capital
The facade of Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange collapsed on Thursday evening, rescue services said, as work to put out the last of the flames continued for a third day.
Three days after a fire which ravaged Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange broke out, emergency services said Friday that the situation was "unstable" due to equipment issues and a strong breeze.
Firefighters battled a blaze at Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange for a third day on Thursday and said their work would continue for at least another 24 hours.
Several parts of Indre By in Copenhagen will continue to be cordoned off throughout Wednesday as a result of Tuesday's fire in Copenhagen's old stock exchange.
Danish rescue services said on Tuesday evening that the fire that engulfed Copenhagen's 17th-century former stock exchange, ravaging the building and toppling its iconic spire, was now "under control."
A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire, as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. The blaze broke out on the building’s roof during renovations, but police said it was too early […]
Copenhagen’s fire service has finished work at the old Stock Exchange after last week’s fire and has handed over the building to police and construction workers.
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Local museum inspector Benjamin Asmussen told Denmark's TV2 that the building was full of historically significant Danish works dating as far back as the 1600s.
HFD said the structure was fully involved in the fire. The combination of the flames’ intensity and the structure’s condition caused the building to collapse at 2:18 a.m., per HFD.