Fire in Altstetten Fire in Zurich high-rise building - one person in hospital
Hohlstrasse is closed due to a fire in a high-rise building on January 11, 2026.
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Hohlstrasse is closed due to a fire in a high-rise building on January 11, 2026.
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Thick, black clouds of smoke drift over Zurich-Altstetten: A fire has broken out in an apartment in Hohlstrasse, but was quickly extinguished.
Fire in one of the top apartments of a high-rise building in Zurich's Hohlstrasse: the fire department has already extinguished the fire in Altstetten.
Thanks to the rapid intervention, only this one apartment remained affected - one person was taken to hospital for clarification, as blue News learned at the scene.
Hohlstrasse was closed for a short time, which also affected bus route 31. However, traffic has been reopened.