Roads remain closed Scaffolding on high-rise building in Zurich-Oerlikon threatens to collapse
The scaffolding on the high-rise building in Zurich-Oerlikon is unstable and could collapse.
Image: Keystone
The scaffolding on the Zurich high-rise has already collapsed in certain places.
Image: Keystone
The scaffolding on the high-rise building in Zurich-Oerlikon is unstable and could collapse.
Image: Keystone
The scaffolding on the Zurich high-rise has already collapsed in certain places.
Image: Keystone
Around 80 meters of scaffolding on a high-rise building in Zurich-Oerlikon is threatening to collapse. Parts of the scaffolding have already collapsed.
07.12.2025, 22:04
08.12.2025, 09:06
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- In Zurich-Oerlikon, an approximately 80-meter-high scaffolding on a high-rise building has become unstable and partially collapsed.
- No one has been injured so far.
- The police cordoned off part of Hagenholzstrasse in Zurich's District 11
The dismantling work on a high-rise scaffolding in danger of collapsing in Zurich-Oerlikon continues on Monday morning. Specialists are trying to find out the cause of the partial collapse.
When asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency on Monday morning, the Zurich city police were unable to say how long the work would take. The streets around the affected building on Hagenholzstrasse in Zurich's district 11 remain closed. Specialists from the Zurich Forensic Institute are on duty.
The scaffolding is around 80 meters high and surrounds a high-rise building that is still under construction. On Sunday, an initial attempt was made to relieve the scaffolding by clearing away the material on it.