This handout photograph taken and released on August 21, 2026 by the Cantonal Police of Graubunden (Kantonspolizei Graubunden) shows a fire that broke out in a building in the small town of Thusis, eastern Switzerland. Photo by HANDOUT / KANTONSPOLIZEI GRAUBÜNDEN / AFP
Geneva: Two more bodies have been found days after fire engulfed an apartment block in Switzerland, bringing the death toll to four, police said Sunday.
The blaze broke out Thursday night in a building housing a restaurant and residential flats in Thusis, eastern Switzerland.
On Friday, Graubunden canton police said that five people were missing after the fire "entirely burned" the building.
Police said Sunday that one of the five had been located alive earlier, and that a search for the four others had been conducted in "the partially collapsed structure" over the weekend.
After announcing Saturday the discovery of two bodies in the debris, Sunday's statement said "the last two missing individuals were also found dead".
"The identification of the deceased is not yet complete," it said, adding that the cause of the fire was also still being investigated.
A photo released by the police on Friday showed a multi-story apartment building engulfed in smoke with flames shooting out of several windows on the upper floor into the night sky, setting the roof ablaze.
Fourteen people managed to escape the burning building, even as the stairwell collapsed, that statement said. Eight of them were injured, two seriously.
