The tower of the historical Boersen stock market collapses as the structure is on fire in main Copenhagen, Denmark on April 16, 2024.
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A fire broke out on Tuesday at Denmark’s almost 400- year-old historical stock market structure, engulfing its renowned dragon-tail spire, which collapsed onto the roofing system.
The reason for the fire at among Copenhagen’s earliest structures was not right away clear. There were no reports of any injuries, Reuters reported, mentioning authorities.
Videos and images from the scene on Tuesday early morning revealed a violent fire swallowing up the stock market structure, or Boersen, which had actually been going through remodelling work.
Crowds of individuals collected in the Danish capital as black smoke rippled from the structure and emergency situation services worked to deal with the blaze. Some were seen bring big paintings in an effort to conserve the artifacts from the fire.
The occurrence comes 5 years after a massive fire damaged the Notre-Dame Cathedral in the French capital of Paris, which sent out shockwaves around the world on April 15, 2019.
Denmark’s Deputy Prime Minister Troels Lund Poulsen described the fire as the Scandinavian nation’s own “Notre Dame moment.”
“Terrible pictures from the Stock Exchange. So sad,” Poulsen stated in a post on social networks platform X, according to a Google translation. “An iconic building that means a lot to all of us, I think.”
Plumes of smoke billow from the historical Boersen stock market structure which is on fire in main Copenhagen, Denmark on April 16,2024 The structure, among the earliest in the Danish capital, was going through remodelling work when in the early morning it ignited, whose cause was yet unidentified.
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A popular traveler destination kept in mind for its unique 184- foot spire, the 17 th-century structure no longer houses the Danish stock market. It now functions as the head office of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and is located beside Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament.
Denmark’s Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt regreted what he referred to as “400 years of Danish cultural heritage in flames,” according to equated remarks released through X on Tuesday.
He added that it was “touching” that workers at the structure, in addition to emergency situation services and citizens, had actually collaborated to attempt to conserve renowned art work and historic treasures from the burning structure.
Copenhagen Police stated through social networks that Danish Royal Guard soldiers were poised to help with the rescue of prized possessions.
People eliminate paintings and other items from the historical Boersen structure which is on fire in main Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 16,2024 A violent fire broke out on April 16 early morning in the structure, which is under remodelling. The structure was put up in the 1620 s as an industrial structure by King Christian IV and lies beside the Danish parliament.
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— CNBC’s George Bextor added to this report.
