Copenhagen, Denmark: A fireplace ripped by way of Copenhagen’s Outdated Inventory Trade, one of many Danish capital’s best-known buildings, on Tuesday, engulfing its spire, which collapsed in a scene paying homage to the 2019 blaze at Notre-Dame in Paris.
Passers-by rushed to assist emergency companies save priceless work and different valuables, prompting Danish Tradition Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt to say it was “touching” to see how many individuals lent a hand “to avoid wasting artwork treasures and iconic photographs from the burning constructing”.
Fireplace and smoke rise out of the Outdated Inventory Trade in Copenhagen, Denmark.Credit score: AP
The fireplace started Tuesday morning within the copper roof of the Outdated Inventory Trade, or Boersen, and unfold to the constructing and the roof, inflicting a partial collapse and destroying the constructing’s inside, stated firefighters spokesman Jakob Vedsted Andersen.
“What’s left when it has been put out is just too early to say now,” Engel-Schmidt instructed Danish broadcaster DR.
The reason for the hearth was not instantly recognized.
The constructing, which is subsequent to the Christiansborg Palace, the place the Danish parliament sits, is a well-liked vacationer attraction. Its distinctive spire, within the form of the tails of 4 dragons twined collectively, reached a top of 56 metres.
Fireplace and smoke rise out of the Outdated Inventory Trade in Copenhagen, Denmark.Credit score: AP
Enormous plumes of smoke rose over downtown Copenhagen and folks had been seen dashing contained in the constructing to avoid wasting work. The plume might be seen from southern Sweden, which is separated by a slender waterway.
Ambulances had been on the scene, however there have been no experiences of casualties. A spokesman for the corporate engaged on renovating the constructing stated the carpenters who labored on the roof had all escaped.
