2024-04-17 09:02:16
Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire in the historic building in the Danish capital. When the fire is extinguished, special care is taken to ensure that the outer walls do not fall on top of it. It should be rebuilt.
The day after the devastating fire at the historic stock exchange in Copenhagen, the cause of the fire is unclear. The extinguishing work of the fire department continued on Wednesday. “This morning we are still in the process of extinguishing the fire in the burnt out part, which only the outer walls remain,” said the fire department on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday morning. According to the fire department, the fire has been under control since Tuesday afternoon.
According to the information, the emergency services are ensuring that the fire does not spread to the rest of the building. They assume the shutdown will take at least another day. Work is also underway to stabilize the exterior walls of the building so that they cannot collapse. For this purpose, numerous containers are placed on the outside of the walls.
About half of the building was destroyed
The cause of the fire, which broke out on Tuesday morning, is not yet clear. The spire 56 meters high fell from the roof after a short time. By the time emergency services brought the fire under control in the evening, around half of the unique building and important support structures had already been destroyed.
Renovation work was underway when the fire occurred. Imago / Liselotte Sabroe
The fire was very bad in the part of the building that was scaffolding for restoration work and was closer to Parliament. However, the emergency services were able to prevent the fire from spreading to the rest of the building. The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the police.
“Unser Notre-Dame-Moment”
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen wrote on X on Tuesday: “Horrible pictures from Børsen. Very sad. An iconic building that means a lot to us all. Our own Notre Dame moment.” He was referring to the catastrophic fire in the world famous cathedral in Paris. A fire broke out there almost exactly five years ago – on 15 April 2019 – and almost completely destroyed the roof of Notre-Dame. The pictures of him went around the world.
The old stock exchange has a large art collection. The building – one of the oldest and most famous in the city – is now home to the Danish Chamber of Commerce, which also owns the building. “We have decided with our board that we will definitely rebuild the Børsen,” said Brian Mikkelsen, head of the Chamber of Commerce.
The extent of the damage cannot yet be quantified
The extent of the damage cannot yet be quantified. It was said that the National Museum of Denmark must first map the loss of cultural treasures from the historic stock exchange. According to the fire department, the emergency services tried to bring the cultural treasures to safety with the support of the royal army. Employees also helped to save the art objects.
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