The Great Fire of Copenhagen

What started as a small accident where two children played with candles has grown into a great fire engulfing all of Copenhagen. For four days the fire has spread from house to house in the old medieval city center, entire blocks are gone and tens of thousands have become homeless or killed. The fire has consumed a number of old and prominent buildings, among them the Copenhagen University Library with many of the works from the great minds of our country's past.\nAn ambitious restructuring plan has been suggested by our architects to rebuild what was lost, with a ban on half-timbered houses and a new network of orderly streets and blocks, far from the old medieval city that was destroyed by the fire. Others, however, point out that we would be wise to rebuild as quickly as possible, thousands are without homes and there is little room to waste any time...