A Novo Nordisk A/S workplace constructing is liable to collapse after a fireplace broke out on the drugmaker’s headquarters advanced in Denmark, lower than every week after a fireplace broke out at considered one of its different Danish amenities.
Wednesday’s hearth is now below management, though the constructing “couldn’t be saved,” a Novo spokesman mentioned by electronic mail. The situation will not be used for manufacturing, Nova mentioned.
Weight reduction and diabetes medicine Wegovy and Ozempic have made Novo probably the most priceless firm in Europe, and the drugmaker is investing closely in growth in Denmark and overseas. This week’s hearth follows a Might 16 hearth on the roof of a constructing below development at Novo’s manufacturing heart in Kalundborg, the place the corporate is spending greater than $8 billion to ramp up manufacturing.
Wednesday’s hearth broke out close to a constructing on the corporate’s web site in Bugsverde within the morning after which unfold to a close-by workplace constructing. In accordance with estimates, it’s going to take one other 4 to 6 hours to place out the hearth, Martin Kjersgaard, the chief of the native hearth division, mentioned by telephone round 2:40 p.m. native time. The construction is a “pretty giant multi-storey constructing” and the chance of it collapsing is hampering firefighting efforts. Individuals from surrounding buildings have been evacuated, he mentioned.
The corporate has a number of workplaces in Bagsward, and the principle headquarters constructing was not affected, Nova mentioned. “All exercise within the affected space is anticipated to return to regular tomorrow,” the corporate mentioned.
Shares in Novo fell 2.7% earlier than closing decrease. The inventory is up 32% year-to-date.
About 100 firefighters have been on the scene Wednesday to battle the “large hearth,” Kjersgaard mentioned. In accordance with Novo’s press secretary, the smoke from the hearth was not poisonous and there have been no accidents.
Broadcaster TV2 confirmed photos and video clips of fireside engines arriving on the scene in Bugsvard earlier on Wednesday and fighters utilizing drones to assist them as they attempt to put out the blaze. Photos confirmed plumes of smoke rising, however no flames have been seen.
In a report on X, native police mentioned the hearth was affecting visibility on the Hillerod Freeway.