A major fire broke out at the recycling company Thommen AG in the industrial area in Kaiseraugst AG on Thursday afternoon. The emergency services evacuated numerous people, but the police are not aware of any injuries so far.
As a media spokesperson for the Aargau cantonal police told the Keystone-SDA news agency, the fire broke out in a hall on the site on Bahnhofstrasse and spread to a second hall.
The fire department was deployed with a large contingent, as was an SBB fire-fighting unit, the spokesman said.
The fire caused a lot of smoke. The population was asked via the Alertswiss warning app to close windows and doors and switch off ventilation and air conditioning systems. In the meantime, however, the situation appears to be under control: The canton has also given the all-clear via Alertswiss.