Two Swiss apartment block fires leave five missing and 19 injured

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 21, 2026 · 291 words · By Gavin Blackburn

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What to know about Two Swiss apartment block fires leave five missing and 19 injured

Around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene, where crews were still working to extinguish the fire on Friday morning.

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What happened

Around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene, where crews were still working to extinguish the fire on Friday morning.

Why it matters

Two fires that erupted overnight in apartment buildings in Switzerland left five people missing and 19 injured, police said on Friday.

Common ground

In Thusis, in Switzerland's far-east, a "major fire" that broke out just after midnight "entirely burned" a building that housed a restaurant and residential flats, regional police in the canton of Graubünden said in a statement.

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Claim 1: “Around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene”

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Confirmed by a BBC News cross-reference and multiple web search results stating nearly 100 firefighters responded.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Landwasser Viaduct (German: Landwasserviadukt) is a single-track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct. It spans the Landwasser between Schmitten and Filisur, in the canton of Graubünden, Sw…
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Claim 2: “five people remained missing”

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SWI swissinfo.ch, YouTube news reports, and other web results consistently report that five people remained missing after the Thusis fire.

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web search NEUTRAL — Five people are currently missing, while eight others were injured. The cantonal police were alerted shortly after midnight. Fourteen occupants managed to escape the burning building before it was com…
https://entrevue.fr/en/accidents-et-catastrophes-monde/suiss…

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web search NEUTRAL — Five people are missing following a fire in Thusis, in canton Graubünden. Keystone-SDA. Five people are missing after a major fire broke out in a building housing a restaurant and several flats in can…
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/five-missing-after-majo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Five people are missing after a major fire broke out at an apartment building in Thusis, Switzerland. Eight people were injured, including two seriously, as around 100 emergency workers responded. #sw…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwhVjCL3SQ

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Claim 3: “Two fires that erupted overnight in apartment buildings in Switzerland left five people missing and 19 injured”

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Multiple independent sources (The Straits Times, web search results) confirm that two fires in Swiss apartment buildings left five people missing and 19 injured.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018–19 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 16th under its current n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was conf…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the wes…
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Claim 4: “"Eleven people were injured, nine of whom have been taken to hospital," local police said in a statement, adding that a police officer was among the injured”

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Claim 5: “Police said firefighters had managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to other units in the building”

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Claim 6: “a fire broke out in the kitchen of an apartment in a building in the northern city of Schaffhausen, near the German border”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a fire in a kitchen in Schaffhausen.

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Claim 7: “The stairwell collapsed, so the roof of the building had to be opened with a crane”

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Three independent web search results confirm that the stairwell collapsed and a crane was used to open the roof.

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web search NEUTRAL — The roof had to be opened using a crane after the stairwell collapsed. The Alpine Graubünden region, also known as Grisons, is a popular holiday destination for both winter sports and summer nature ac…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8e6g13497o

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web search NEUTRAL — A major fire broke out in Thusis early Friday morning. A restaurant with apartments was completely destroyed by the fire. Five people were reported missing.Because the stairwell collapsed, the roof ha…
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/switzerland/two-people-found-…

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web search NEUTRAL — -The stairwell collapsed, forcing crews to open the roof using a crane. -Police said the restaurant and apartments were completely destroyed. -Food and accommodation have been arranged for those affec…
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2241140/switzerland-res…

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Claim 8: “Eight of them were hurt, including two who were in serious condition”

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Sky News and other reports confirm that eight people were injured, with two in serious condition.

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web search NEUTRAL — Two people were found dead inside a burnt apartment block in Thusis, eastern Switzerland, while several others were missingaccording to what the Canton of Grisons police announced in a statement, spec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eight people have been injured, including two seriously, after the fire "completely destroyed" a restaurant with apartments, the Graubunden cantonal police said. They are among 14 people who were able…
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Claim 9: “In Thusis, in Switzerland's far-east, a "major fire" that broke out just after midnight "entirely burned" a building that housed a restaurant and residential flats”

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Multiple sources, including CGTN and The Straits Times, confirm a major fire in Thusis that completely destroyed a building containing a restaurant and apartments.

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web search NEUTRAL — The fire "completely destroyed" a restaurant with apartments, according to the police cantonal Graubünden. Among those who fled the burning building, eight were injured – two seriously, two moderately…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaVhZUXmW3g

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web search NEUTRAL — Two fires in Swiss apartment buildings left five people missing and 19 injured, with one building completely burned down in Thusis.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/two-swiss-apartmen…

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Claim 10: “Police said 14 people had managed to escape the burning building”

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Multiple sources, including Sky News and other web reports, confirm that 14 people managed to escape the building.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sithembile Xola Pearl Thusi (born 13 May 1988) is a South African actress, model, and presenter. She is known for her roles as Patricia Kopong in the BBC/HBO comedy-drama series The No. 1 Ladies' Det…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reichenau-Tamins railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Domat/Ems serving the communities of Reichenau and Tamins in Switzerland. It is an important station for connections betwee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thusis (Italian: Tosana, Romansh: Tusàn) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of…
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Claim 11: “police said had started on the second floor of the building”

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Confirmed by BBC News and other web search reports that initial investigations indicate the fire started on the second floor.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Initial investigations indicate the blaze broke out on the second floor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8e6g13497o?at_medium=R…

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Claim 12: “The injured had been transported to hospitals across Graubünden and in Zurich”

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SWI swissinfo.ch and other recap reports specify that the injured were taken to hospitals in Chur, Thusis, Ilanz (all in Graubünden) and Zurich.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Albula railway line (German: Albulalinie; Italian: Linea dell'Albula; Romansh: Lingia da l'Alvra) is a single-track metre gauge railway line forming part of the core network of the Rhaetian Railwa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rhaetian Railway (German: Rhätische Bahn; Italian: Ferrovia retica; Romansh: Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway ope…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhaetian_Railway

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web search NEUTRAL — Two fires in Swiss apartment buildings left five people missing and 19 injured, with one building completely burned down in Thusis. In Thusis, the fire started on the second floor, causing the stairwe…
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/two-swiss-apartmen…

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