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Part of situation: Apartment building fire in Belp, Switzerland (2 clusters)

Belp apartment building fire leads to evacuations

Belp basement fire evacuation Feuerwehr Regio Belp Bern Cantonal Police

A fire broke out in the basement of an apartment building on Sonneggstrasse in Belp, Switzerland, on Sunday evening, October 11, 2026, shortly before 10:55 PM.

Heavy smoke spread from the basement into the apartments above, necessitating the evacuation of residents from the affected and adjacent units. Forty-five members of the Feuerwehr Regio Belp responded to the scene and were able to bring the fire under control and extinguish it quickly.

Two ambulance teams conducted precautionary medical examinations on the evacuated residents; no injuries were reported. The municipality has organized alternative accommodation for those displaced by the incident. The Bern Cantonal Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

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Belp · Bern Cantonal Police · Feuerwehr Regio Belp

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Kellerbrand in Mehrfamilienhaus – mehrere Bewohner müssen evakuiert werden – schweiznews. ch – Interessante News und Wissenswertes aus der Schweiz [schweiznews.ch]
Kellerbrand in Mehrfamilienhaus – mehrere Bewohner müssen evakuiert werden - kantonspolizei. ch - Aktuelle Meldungen der Schweizer Kantonspolizeien [kantonspolizei.ch]
Kellerbrand in Mehrfamilienhaus – mehrere Bewohner müssen evakuiert werden [www.polizeinews.ch]