Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
3
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Five people are missing after a huge fire tore through a residential block housing a restaurant and apartments in a Swiss Alpine town.
asserted
fire → miss → town
Eight others were injured in the blaze, which broke out in Thusis, a part of the eastern canton of Graubünden, which attracts visitors throughout the year for its Alpine scenery.
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which → injure → scenery
The fire broke out just after midnight, where emergency services were alerted at around 00:00 local time on Friday, according to the local police service.
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services → break → service
The severity of the blaze saw almost 100 firefighters from various local networks rush to the scene.
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firefighters → see → scene
Fourteen people managed to escape the burning building, the Graubünden Cantonal police said.
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police → manage → building
Two of those who escaped suffered serious injuries, while two others were moderately injured and a further four sustained minor injuries.
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four → escape → injuries
The injured were taken to hospitals in Chur, Thusis, Ilanz and Zurich.
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injured → injure → Chur
Firefighters faced difficult conditions inside the building after the stairwell collapsed, with police stating that the building had been “completely destroyed” by the blaze.
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building → face → blaze
The collapse of the stairwell made access to parts of the property more difficult as emergency crews worked to bring the fire under control.
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crews → make → control
Because of this, the roof of the block had to be opened using a crane to tackle the flames from above.
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roof → have → flames
Specialist teams are working through the heavily damaged structure as the search continues for the missing.
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search → work → missing
Authorities have not said whether they believe those missing were inside the building when the fire broke out.
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fire → say → building
While initial findings indicate the blaze began on the second floor, investigators have not yet established what caused it.
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what → indicate → it
Police and prosecutors have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire.
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Police → launch → fire
In a separate incident late on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the kitchen of an apartment in a building in the northern city of Schaffhausen.
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fire → break → Schaffhausen
“Eleven people were injured, nine of whom have been taken to hospital,” local police said.
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police → injure → hospital
They added that a police officer was among the injured.
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officer → add → injured
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