Attic fires in Aeugst am Albis and in Illnau
A fire caused major property damage in Aeugst am Albis on Tuesday.
bye. Two top floors burned in the canton of Zurich. According to the canton police, nobody was injured in either case.
On Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., the Zurich Protection and Rescue Service received a report that the attic of an apartment building in Aeugst am Albis was on fire. The attic was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, but the flames were quickly brought under control. However, the extinguishing work was complex and took several hours.
The people present were all able to leave the house independently. The municipality is now looking for temporary accommodation for the 15 residents.
An attic had already burned on Monday afternoon, in a single-family house in Illnau. The residents also left the house on their own, and the fire was quickly extinguished.
The cause of the two fires is being investigated by the fire investigation service of the Zurich cantonal police. The property damage is likely to be high in both cases.
In Illnau, the top floor of a single-family house caught fire on Monday.
Around 1.7 kilograms of cocaine seized from two Spaniards
dho. On Saturday evening, the Zurich city police arrested two suspected Spanish drug dealers in district 4 and seized more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine.
During a vehicle check, the police seized around 25 grams of cocaine from the two 49-year-olds, According to the city police. Later, during a house search at the place of residence, the investigators found around 1.7 kilograms of cocaine and 3,800 francs in cash.
The two 49-year-old Spanish nationals have now been brought to the Zurich public prosecutor’s office.
Large contingent due to fire in apartment building
On Sunday evening (May 8th) a fire broke out in an apartment in an apartment building in the north of the city of Zurich. Protection and Rescue Zurich communicated this in a communiqué. At around 5:30 p.m., the operations control center received an emergency call about the fire.
When the emergency services of the professional fire brigade and paramedics arrived on site, the apartment was already on fire. Firefighters were able to quickly bring the fire under control and prevent it from spreading to the roof or other buildings.
As protection and rescue continues, no one was injured in the fire. The affected apartment is no longer habitable. The cause of the fire was determined by the fire investigation service of the cantonal police and detectives from the Zurich city police.
The professional fire brigade with three tank fire engines and two turntable ladders, the rescue service with an ambulance and an emergency doctor and the Zurich city police were on duty.
Serious accident at the Stauffacher
wej. On Saturday afternoon (May 7th) there was a serious accident in Zurich’s district 4 when a tram left the Stauffacher stop.
According to a press release from the Zurich City Police, the number 8 tram drove on Stauffacherstrasse in the direction of Helvetiaplatz and stopped at the stop. After all passengers had boarded, the tram drove off. For reasons that have not yet been clarified, a man who was at the bus stop was dragged a few meters by the tram.
The pensioner had to be taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The course of the accident is being investigated by the Zurich City Police.