Fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 'under control'

Copenhagen: Firefighters battling a large fire on Wednesday at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, maker of weig...

Copenhagen: Firefighters battling a large fire on Wednesday at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, said it was under control after several hours.

The blaze, initially described as a "massive fire" involving 100 firefighters, was after more than three hours "under control and we have gone down to about 30 firefighters," fire brigade chief of operations Martin Smith told AFP.

Everyone had been evacuated from the building and there were no injuries, he said.

Large plumes of grey smoke could initially be seen 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the fire in Bagsvaerd, in the northern part of greater Copenhagen, Danish news agency Ritzau reported.

"Now it's just pockets of smoke," Smith told AFP, adding that bulldozers and cranes were being called in to "clear the debris and finish the job".