Firefighters battle Copenhagen blaze for third day as facade collapses

Copenhagen: The facade of Copenhagen s historic former stock exchange collapsed Thursday, rescue services said, as work to put out the last of the fla...

Copenhagen: The facade of Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange collapsed Thursday, rescue services said, as work to put out the last of the flames continued for a third day.

Half of the 17th-century Borsen building was destroyed and its 54-metre (180-foot) spire tumbled to the ground in the fire that broke out early Tuesday, in scenes that shocked Denmark.

"Unfortunately, there has been a collapse of the facade," Copenhagen's rescue service said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, Thursday afternoon.

They added that all workers had been evacuated from the scene and no injures were reported.

Live video from the scene showed a wall quickly collapsing in on itself, as smoke continued to rise up from the badly burnt building.