The regional police of the Graubünden canton reported that a large fire that broke out just after midnight in the town of Thusis in the east of the country completely destroyed a building that housed a restaurant and apartments.
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“The staircase collapsed, so the roof of the building had to be opened with a crane,” the police said, adding that five people are still considered missing.
According to the officers, 14 people managed to escape from the burning building.
Eight of them were injured, including two in serious condition, they said.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Graubünden and Zurich.
About 100 firefighters were sent to the scene, who were still extinguishing the fire on Friday morning.
An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the fire. According to the police, the fire broke out on the second floor of the building.
A photo released by the police shows a multi-story apartment building engulfed in smoke, with flames bursting out of several upper floor windows and the roof.
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In another incident, a fire broke out on Thursday evening in the kitchen of an apartment in the northern city of Schaffhausen, near the German border.
“Eleven people were injured, nine of whom were taken to hospital,” said a local police report. It added that among the injured is a police officer.
The police said firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other apartments in the building.
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