Swiss apartment block fire leaves five missing and eight injured, police say

Published on 21/08/2026 - 9:19 GMT+2

A fire that tore through an apartment building in Switzerland on Friday has left five people missing and eight injured, police said.

The blaze in the eastern town of Thusis, which was reported just after midnight, "entirely burned" a building that housed a restaurant and residential flats, police for the canton of Graubünden said in a statement.

"The stairwell collapsed, so the roof of the building had to be opened with a crane," it said.

Two of the injured are in serious condition, police said. Six other people escaped the building without injury.

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

This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.