Copenhagen landmark fire 'under control', say rescue services

Smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 16, 2024. © Emil Helms, AP

Danish rescue services said Tuesday afternoon that the fire that engulfed Copenhagen's 17th-century former stock exchange was "under control."

"The fire is under control to the extent that we at this moment are dealing with what we call final extinguishing," fire department chief Jakob Vedsted Andersen told a press conference.