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Smoke engulfs Malmö after body shop fire

Malmö residents were urged to stay indoors on Saturday evening as smoke enveloped the city for the second time in a fortnight following a fire at a car repair firm in the harbour area of the city.

Published: 7 July 2013 09:31 CEST
Smoke engulfs Malmö after body shop fire

“The building is going to burn down. We are focusing our work on seeing to it that the fire doesn’t spread to other buildings in the vicinity. We have high hopes of success,” said Martin Gertsson at the emergency services on Saturday.

The fire generated a great deal of smoke in the harbour area and across the city and the fire services put out a call for residents to close windows and stay inside if they were affected by the fumes.

News of the fire, on Lodgatan in Malmö harbour, came in to the emergency services at fire at 5.46 pm on Saturday. Around 20 people were engaged in the work to extinguish the fire on Saturday evening.

The premises belong to a car body shop and there were fears that paint coiuld have stoked the flames.

The exact cause of the fire remained uncertain on Sunday morning.

“This will be investigated by the police and us together,” said Martin Gertsson.

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Situation ‘unstable’ at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange after fire

Three days after a fire which ravaged Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange broke out, emergency services said Friday that the situation was "unstable" due to equipment issues and a strong breeze.

Published: 19 April 2024 17:44 CEST
Situation 'unstable' at Copenhagen's old stock exchange after fire

In the morning, during work to dismantle the scaffolding surrounding the building, a crane’s cutters came loose for as of yet unknown reasons.

It is currently wedged between the scaffolding — put up for the renovation of the historic building that was ongoing — and what remains of the walls.

“It is affecting our efforts”, Tim Ole Simonsen, leader of the operation at the rescue services, told a press conference.

Coupled with the wind picking up, the incident, which has temporarily halted work on dismantling the scaffolding, has made the situation “unstable”.

“The wind is blowing harder and harder, and there are tarps over the scaffolding that can catch the wind,” Simonsen said.

He added that this increases the risks, in particular of further collapse of the burnt-out facade which started collapsing late Thursday afternoon.

Located close to the Christiansborg parliament and seat of government, the Borsen building was commissioned by King Christian IV and built between 1619 and 1640. It was the stock exchange until the 1970s.

The fire began Tuesday morning under the copper roof of the building, which was undergoing renovations ahead of its 400th anniversary.

The cause of the blaze was unknown and Copenhagen police said Wednesday that a major investigation had been launched.

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