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Danish emergency services put out 'minor fire' at Novo Nordisk

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Danish emergency services put out 'minor fire' at Novo Nordisk
Fire services at Novo Nordisk in Måløv on July 24th. Photo: Steven Knap/Ritzau Scanpix
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Fire services in Denmark responded on Wednesday to a minor fire at pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, the fourth suffered by the company this year.

The fire broke out in the basement of one of Novo Nordisk’s buildings at its Måløv facility, police confirmed.

It took around an hour for the fire to be extinguished from when the alarm was first raised at around 2:10 pm.

No injuries were sustained and the caused of the fire is unconfirmed, police said, adding that it is under investigation.

Several Novo Nordisk buildings have suffered fire damage since the start of this year.

On May 22nd, at least 70 firefighters were involved in extinguishing a fire at an administrative building at Novo Nordisk's headquarters in Bagsværd and on May 16th, another fire broke out on a roof at a new building being constructed by Novo Nordisk at its site in Kalundborg, creating a pillar of dark smoke that could be seen from 30 kilometres away. 

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The latter fire was later reported to be possibly caused by builders working at the site.

In June, a second fire broke out at the pharmaceutical giant’s headquarters at Bagsværd near Copenhagen.

READ ALSO: Why have there been so many fires in Copenhagen this year?

There was no evidence of any criminal acts related to the earlier fires, Novo Nordisk has previously said.

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