Two fire incidents in the canton on Wednesday

Building materials caught fire on the "Lindenpark" construction site on Wednesday afternoon, and the fire led to large amounts of smoke. Fortunately, no-one was injured, and the cause of the fire is now being clarified. In  Rotkreuz, a skip fire led to damage to a building.

On Wednesday afternoon (22 September 2021), shortly after 2:30 p.m., the Zug Police Operations Control Centre was alerted about a smoke arising from the "Lindenpark" construction site on the Bahnhofstrasse in Steinhausen.

When the first emergency services arrived, a fire was located in a second basement floor. There was a great deal of smoke, but the fire brigade managed to penetrate with three respiratory protection teams and extinguish the flames. The affected construction site area had to be subsequently cleared of smoke using a number of ventilators.

Around 25 construction workers were on site when the fire broke out. They were able to leave the construction site independently and were then checked for any health impairments by the Zug Rescue Service. These checks were all negative, and no-one was injured.

According to the investigations so far, building material had caught fire in the basement. The cause is now being investigated by the forensic service of the Zug police. The material damage is considerable, but the exact amount cannot yet be quantified.

65 members of the Steinhausen and Cham fire brigades, as well as the base fire brigade Zug (FFZ), the fire brigade inspector, employees of the rescue service Zug and the Zug police were on duty at the incident.

Rotkreuz: Skip fire ends with building damage

In the early morning of Wednesday (22 September 2021), shortly before 02:00 a.m., several reports were received by the Zug Police Operations Control Centre that a tree was burning on the Grundstrasse in Rotkreuz. When the first emergency services arrived on site, the fire had already spread to the façade of a nearby commercial building.

Using several respiratory protection teams, the Risch-Rotkreuz fire brigade succeeded in preventing a further spread of the fire, and extinguished the flames. The affected part of the building had to be subsequently cleared of smoke.

No one was injured in the incident. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined and will be clarified by the forensic service of the Zug police. The amount of property damage is also still unclear.

Around 40 members of the Risch-Rotkreuz fire brigade, the fire brigade inspector and employees of the Zug rescue service and the Zug police were on duty at this incident.