Thick smoke was observed towering into the sky as emergency personnel were seen racing to the Old Stock Exchange.
When the fire started, the historic building—which is near the Danish parliament—was undergoing renovations. It had a 56-meter (184-foot) spire styled like the interwoven tails of four dragons.
It was closed to the general public and frequently used for conferences, gala dinners, and other occasions.
400 years of Danish cultural history had burned up, according to a tweet from Denmark’s culture minister, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, describing the “terrible pictures” from the fire at the structure, also known as Borsen (Danish for “the Exchange”).
Terrible images from the Borsen, wrote Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. Such sorrow. a famous structure that has great meaning for each of us… Our own instance of Notre Dame.
