Danish firefighters worked to put out the remaining parts of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark in Copenhagen. They were still working on it a day after the fire started.
Mikkel Jensen, who is 44 years old and works for the government, said, “I feel really sad when I see the damaged scaffolding still attached to the old stock exchange building in the city. ”
The Boersen building was made in 1615 and is called that in Danish. It is famous for its green copper roof and a tall spire in the shape of four dragon tails twisted together. Morten Langager, who runs a business group in Denmark, wants to make the Old Stock Exchange building a better place.
Brian Mikkelsen, who is the head of the Chamber, said on Tuesday that they will rebuild Boersen no matter what, and the board has supported the idea.
We haven’t decided who will fix the building yet. It will cost a lot of money, maybe even billions of dollars. A careful guess said it might take up to 10 years.
Some people in Denmark said the fire on Tuesday was similar to the one at Notre Dame in April 2019 that ruined the 800-year-old cathedral’s tall, pointed structure. It will be finished being fixed this year.
The full amount of damage from the fire and water used to put it out was not yet known.
“Many things were lost in the fire,” said Tim Ole Simonsen from the Greater Copenhagen Fire Department. “The outer walls are not well supported because the wooden structure that was holding them up is no longer there. ”
The fire department is going to put about 40 containers filled with concrete around the outside walls to make them stronger.
The police officer in charge, Brian Belling, said they haven’t been able to go into the building to find out what caused the fire. The fire probably started on the roof while workers were fixing it on Tuesday morning.
“It can be a while before we figure out why the fire started,” Belling said.
On Tuesday, a fire broke out in the building. People passing by, Chamber of Commerce staff, police officers, and members of an army unit all rushed inside to save valuable items.
Mikkelsen, a worker, told a news channel that the building had a plan for what to save if something really bad happened. When it was too dangerous for people to go upstairs, firefighters with special gear went in to get valuable items. Many of the building’s most valuable things, like paintings and art, were saved.
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One hour after the fire started, it quickly spread to the spire and caused it to fall onto the building and the street.
Big clouds of smoke went up over the center of Copenhagen and could be seen from southern Sweden, which is only separated from the city by a small area of water. Ambulances were there, but no one was hurt.
Smoke damage closed the ministries on the street near the Old Stock Exchange. Employees were asked to work from home because the buildings smelled strongly of smoke. Rasmus Brandt Lassen, who is in charge of the Danish Building and Property Agency, said that the buildings need to be very clean and their ventilation systems should be inspected and maybe changed before the ministry staff can come back.
“We told them they have to work from home for the whole week,” said Brandt Lassen.
The building is a great example of Dutch Renaissance style in Denmark. The Chamber of Commerce went into the building after the stock exchange in Copenhagen moved out in 1974.
Copenhagen has many churches and castles with tall spires made of copper. The city is called “the city of spires” because of them. Some examples are the spire of Our Savior’s Church, those of Rosenborg Castle, and the tower of Christiansborg Palace which is home to the Danish parliament.
A big road next to the Old Stock Exchange was still closed on Wednesday.
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Copenhagen battles last pockets of 400-year-old landmark’s destruction
