The main facade of the old Copenhagen Stock Exchange, ravaged by fire on Tuesday, collapsed on Thursday afternoon. Containers had been placed along this facade to limit the risk of collapse, which the emergency services feared.
The fire broke out for unknown reasons under the roof of the building around 7:30 a.m. local time. A crane operation was to begin Friday at midday to evacuate notably parts of the roof which had collapsed. The Old Stock Exchange is a must-see building in Copenhagen, built in the 17th century and which would celebrate its 400th anniversary this year. It also houses a vast collection of works of art, several hundred of which have been secured by the Danish emergency services. The neighborhood of Frederiksholms Kanal has been evacuated and no injuries have been reported, emergency services wrote on X.