GENEVA, Aug 21 \u2014 Two fires that erupted overnight in apartment buildings in Switzerland left five people missing and 19 injured, police said today.<\/p>\n
In Thusis, in Switzerland\u2019s far-east, a \u201cmajor fire\u201d that broke out just after midnight \u201centirely burned\u201d a building that housed a restaurant and residential flats, regional police in Graubunden canton said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stairwell collapsed, so the roof of the building had to be opened with a crane,\u201d it said, adding that five people remained missing.<\/p>\n
Police said 14 people had managed to escape the burning building.<\/p>\n
Eight of them were hurt, including two who were in serious condition, they said.<\/p>\n
The injured had been transported to hospitals across Graubunden and in Zurich.<\/p>\n
Around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene, where crews were still working to extinguish the fire this morning.<\/p>\n
An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the blaze, which police said had started on the second floor of the building.<\/p>\n
A photo released by the police showed a multi-story apartment building engulfed in smoke with flames shooting out of several windows on the upper floor and into the night sky, setting the roof ablaze.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident late yesterday, a fire broke out in the kitchen of an apartment in a building in the northern city of Schaffhausen, near the German border.<\/p>\n
\u201cEleven people were injured, nine of whom have been taken to hospital,\u201d local police said in a statement, adding that a police officer was among the injured.<\/p>\n
Police said firefighters had managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to other units in the building. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n
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