Four people injured following a fire at the federal asylum centre in Zurich
Keystone-SDA
A fire broke out on Monday evening at the Federal Asylum Centre in the Swiss city of Zurich. Four people had to be taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation, the Zurich Civil Protection and Rescue Service confirmed.
According to reports, the fire was brought under control quickly. At around 7pm, mop-up operations were still underway to clear the premises of smoke. A large contingent of emergency services, including the ambulance service, fire brigade and police, had previously been on the scene.
The emergency call was received by the Zurich City Police at around 5pm, a spokeswoman confirmed. She thereby confirmed a report to that effect in the Blick newspaper.
The police were initially unable to provide any details regarding the cause of the fire.
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Translated from German, reviewed by an English Department journalist.
