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- In the village center of the Zurich municipality of Elgg, several buildings caught fire on Saturday night.
- According to the Zurich cantonal police, several dozen people were evacuated. Nobody was injured.
- The fire is under control, but extinguishing work is still ongoing.
The emergency call about the fire was received at 12:20 a.m., as the Zurich cantonal police wrote in a statement. The house on Obergasse was already fully ablaze when the fire department arrived. According to police, the flames spread to several neighboring buildings.
Due to the heavy smoke and the risk that the fire would spread, several dozen people were evacuated from neighboring buildings, the police write. The population was also made aware of the dangers via Alertswiss messages.
The amount of damage is still unclear
The fire was brought under control with the help of several fire brigade organizations. Because of several fire locations, the extinguishing work was challenging, which is why it was still ongoing, it is said.
The fire caused major, currently unquantifiable material damage to several buildings that were on fire, as well as to neighboring properties and parked vehicles.
SRF 4 News, March 16, 2024, 6:00 a.m.; srf/blal;lehl
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