Fire, fire Two people die in house fire in Visp
Two people died in a fire in a residential building in Visp on Monday night. The victims had not yet been formally identified.
14.10.2024, 11:48
14.10.2024, 12:02
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The Valais cantonal police were alerted at 2.20 a.m. about a fire in a residential building on the cantonal road in Visp, they reported. The Visp fire department was immediately called out to extinguish the fire. The fire, which broke out on the upper floor of a residential building, was quickly brought under control.
According to the police, one person was found lifeless on entering the premises. Another person was presumed to have suffered severe smoke inhalation and was transported to the hospital in Visp in a critical condition by the rescue services of the Valais cantonal rescue organization. She died there in the course of the morning.
