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Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire.

The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city's oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames.

Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings.

Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said 400 years of Danish cultural heritage had gone up in flames.

The building, dating back to 1625, is a stone's throw from Denmark's parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle. Danish media said the nearby square was being evacuated.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kinda wild we don't learn from these past mistakes. Notre Dame was only 5 years ago.

[–] trebuchet@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What's the lesson to take away?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

When renovating super old buildings, be extra careful about fire safety? 🤷

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Time-travel to the 17th century and stop construction on non-fire-retardant buildings, obviously.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

non-fire- removed ant

I don't know which instance is doing this shit (world or ml, I assume), but it's absolutely removed. 😤

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I’m on World and I see the word.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Maybe it's just your client.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 points 5 months ago
[–] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 6 points 5 months ago

Remove the historic paintings during renovation, at least. Surely it would be possible to rig up some sort of sprinkler system as well. Firefighter access to the roof may be difficult once the fire is blazing, but maybe some mitigation systems could be installed before the blowtorches and welders come out.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Better fire safety obviously.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Not just better fire safety, but an appropriate approach to fire safety that accounts for the fact that these buildings are beyond antiques with considerations very different than modern buildings.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Wood rooves need halide protections. The biggest issue is the way rooves were made back in the day often leaving a gap between the ceiling of the structure and the roof continuing the full length and width of the roof. Dump a bunch of halide in that gap and it should snuff itself.

Its very similar to the reason balloon framing is seen as super dangerous.