Fire breaks out at Zurich federal asylum centre

A fire broke out on the upper floor of the federal asylum centre on Pfingstweidstrasse in Zurich, SRF reported. Police and firefighters were at the scene with several vehicles.

Police initially could not provide details about the scale or cause of the fire. The Alertswiss app had not issued a warning about smoke.

A call reporting the fire reached Zurich city police at about 5 p.m., a police spokeswoman told the Keystone-SDA news agency.