Copenhagen fire: Inferno hits historic stock exchange, toppling iconic spire – National [Video]

As flames engulfed Denmark‘s historic old stock exchange building in Copenhagen on Tuesday morning, gawking citizens witnessed the inferno grow large enough to topple the building’s iconic spire.

Other Danes launched into action alongside emergency responders to try and save the many historic artworks housed inside the 17th century stock exchange (called Børsen), one of the city’s oldest buildings.

Danish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said on X (formerly Twitter) it was “touching” to see how many people lent a hand “to save art treasures and iconic images from the burning building.”

Regardless, Engel-Schmidt said 400 years of Danish cultural heritage went up in flames.

Though there were people inside the old stock exchange at the time of the fire, everyone was evacuated, and no injuries have been reported.

Copenhagen fire department head Jakob Vedsted Andersen said it is too early to determine the cause of the blaze, which began around 7:30 a.m. local time.

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