A fire rips through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital’s most famous landmarks, engulfing its spire and sending a large part crashing to the ground in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral.   Emergency services, employees from the Danish Chamber of Commerce, including its CEO Brian Mikkelsen, and even passers-by were seen carrying large paintings away from the building in a race to save historic artifacts from the flames.   Denmark’s National Museum sent 25 employees to the scene to help evacuate cultural artifacts and paintings.   The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation and clad in scaffolding when the fire broke out.   Parts of the roof had collapsed and the fire spread to several floors of the building, the fire service said, adding the firefighting operation would continue through the night.   🔗 Read more at our link in bio.   #Reuters #video #news #spir...