Fire Dead person found after explosion in Rüttenen SO

On Friday night, emergency services found a dead person in an apartment in Rüttenen SO. An explosion had previously occurred inside. The identity of the person and the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire were still unknown on Friday morning.

According to a communiqué from the Solothurn cantonal police, the explosion was reported at 00:45 on Friday. When the emergency services were called out to Kirchstrasse in Rüttenen, the first floor apartment of the two-storey apartment building was already fully engulfed in flames. Debris was lying around the apartment.

Firefighters from Rüttenen and Solothurn finally found the lifeless person during the extinguishing work, as was reported on Friday morning. The police called in a forensic medicine institute to clarify the identity and cause of death.

Some of the apartments in the affected house are no longer habitable. The municipality is working with those affected to find suitable accommodation. Anyone who can also provide information about the explosion and the fire is asked to report it to the Solothurn cantonal police.