Five missing & eight injured after horror blaze rips through restaurant in Swiss town as 100 firefighters battle flames

AN INFERNO tore through a building in Switzerland, leaving eight people injured. Flames began raging on the second floor of the block in the eastern town of Thusis after midnight, engulfing the flats and a restaurant below. Firefighters working to extinguish a fire that broke out in a building in the small town of Thusis, eastern Switzerland Credit: AFP Flames bursting out from the top floor of the building Credit: AFP Fire crews had to use a crane to access the burning building Credit: AFP As many as 14 people managed to escape the burning hell, but five others are still missing. Two people are in serious condition. Two more suffered moderate injuries and four others suffered minor injuries. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Search and rescue operations are ongoing for those still unaccounted for. “The stairwell collapsed, so the roof of the building had to be opened with a crane,” police said in a statement addressing the serious conditions. Read more about Switzerland Crews remain at the scene and are still battling the raging blaze that has now “entirely burned” the building. Footage shows large flames shooting out of the windows of the upper floor. A thick cloud of smoke is seen rising above the ravaged building. Nearly 100 firefighters were deployed to the scene in the Graubünden region, also known as Grisons, a popular holiday destination in the Alps. Most read in The Sun Mayor of Thusis, Remi Crameri, confirmed that people are still missing, but did not share any further updates. “In the past night, a major fire broke out in Thusis,” he said in a post on X. “A building with a restaurant and apartments burned down completely. Five people are missing.“ Police and the public prosecutor’s office are investigating the cause of the fire. Comment now