Shortly before 2.50 a.m., a fire broke out in a single-family house in Oberhelfenschwil SG. Two residents were killed, as the St. Gallen canton police wrote in an averaging. It should be a man and a woman aged 50 and 46, respectively. Her two children, aged twelve and 14, were able to leave the house on time. You are currently in hospital with suspected smoke gas poisoning and are cared for by relatives with the support of the community, the social authorities and the St. Gallen cantonal police.
The cause of the fire is still unclear and is being clarified by specialists from the forensics competence center of the St. Gallen cantonal police. The house was badly damaged by the fire and is no longer habitable. There was damage to property amounting to several hundred thousand francs.
The operation is still in progress, the Oberhelfenschwil passage is closed. The fire brigade has set up a diversion. In addition to several patrols from the St. Gallen canton police, the rescue service, an emergency doctor and the fire brigade with around 70 firefighters and twelve vehicles are on duty. Rega and community employees were also on duty.