On Tuesday, a fire ripped through Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital's most famous landmarks, engulfing its spire, which collapsed in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral.

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.

"Even my parents who are from another part of Denmark have a little miniature figure of Boersen (Stock Exchange building) in the living room," a 25-year-old political party worker Mathias Andersen said. "We lost something big today."

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.

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