Brand in apartment building in Degersheim: high damage and no injuries!

Brand in apartment building in Degersheim: high damage and no injuries!

On the evening of December 28, 2024, a devastating fire broke out in an apartment building in Degersheim, Switzerland. The cantonal emergency center St. Gallen received the alarm message shortly after 10:30 p.m. and immediately sent around 60 firefighters to Flawilerstrasse. On site, the emergency services met on flames, which had already taken the first upper floor. Despite the quick intervention, the firefighters could not prevent the fire from attacking the second floor and the roof. Fortunately, all residents were unharmed, a tenant was able to flee from the building in good time, while another tenant was not at home. The damage caused by property amounts to several hundred thousand francs, which remains unclear to the cause of the fire and is now being examined by the St. Gallen cantonal police, such as fireworld.at reported.

simultaneous fire in Obergralla

A few weeks earlier, on January 15, 2024, the Leibnitz city fire brigade was alerted to another apartment fire in Obergralla. In this case, a fire broke out on the upper floor of a house, but for previously unknown reasons. The fire brigades of Section 1 and other units, a total of around 100 emergency services, were on site. With the help of respiratory protection teams and thermal imaging cameras, the damage situation was managed. Fortunately, there was no personal injury, and the fire could quickly be deleted, which saves the emergency services a lot of work and possible dangers. Nevertheless, considerable property damage to the building occurred. The emergency services were grateful for the smooth cooperation, such as Feuerwehr-leibnitz.at