Copenhagen’s Børsbygningen (Old Stock Exchange), a historic 17th-century building in the in the Dutch Renaissance style was engulfed in flames on Tuesday morning, its famous spire shrouded in scaffolding and consumed in fire in scenes redolent of the near-destruction of Paris’s Notre Dame near exactly five years ago.
Staff, emergency workers, and even passers-by rushed into the Old Stock Exchange building in the Danish capital on Tuesday to rescue a number of large historic paintings as the building burnt. According to Danish newspaper of record Berlingske police believe all inside the building were able to evacuate in time and there are no known casualties, but the smoke is toxic and anyone suffering breathing difficulties should go to hospital.
The fire is still burning and a series of
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