Copenhagen's historic Old Stock Exchange erupts in flames, collapsing legendary spire

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Published 2024-04-16
"This is our Notre Dame": Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange building, which dates back to the 17th century, erupted into flames in what onlookers could only describe as a tragedy. The iconic building's dragon-tail spire, which legend says protected it from nearby fires for years, collapsed.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Navigator2166
    Seeing such history be destroyed is heartbreaking. My greatest longing hope is that everyone is safe. The art and artifacts are important. I'm grateful to those who risk their safety to rescue them. Please please be careful. 💕from 🇺🇸
  • @MalenkyGoblin
    Crazy enough, the anniversary of the Notre Dame fire was yesterday.
  • It was a tragedy to see the fire in the Old Stock Exchange. It was one of the worst fires taking place in a historic building and another happened 5 years ago in Paris when the Notre Dame Cathedial caught fire with its spire that collapsed too.
  • @costernocht
    It was a beautiful building, and the spire was very unusual.
  • @tonyburzio4107
    They learned nothing from the Notre Dame fire, a fire watchman is a LOT cheaper than a rebuild!
  • @Mtnsunshine
    Oh, no…..so sad. Reminds me of the Notre Dame cathedral. Hope this one can be rebuilt, too.
  • @JeffreyGroves
    When will they learn to add fire hose pipes to scaffolding when doing repair work on old buildings. I would have thought they would have learned this after Notre Dame de Paris burned. If they have the pipes in place already, they can attach hoses at street level and have the ability to fight fires on the roof within minutes.
  • @MLEPOS1
    All those old records…..simply disappeared!
  • @tbone1780
    Looks like something during construction caught on fire.
  • @Teigerzon
    Why is it while under construction this is happening, where are the people who are supposed to make sure everything and everyone is safe guarded against danger and disaster? Construction workers and supervisors and whomever should be responsible to make sure things are being done with utmost safety. They should be held accountable for the destruction.
  • @brokentombot
    Europe likes to try to renovate old buildings but just ends up catching them on fire.