TL;DR
The death toll from Thursday night's fire at Restaurant Beverin in Thusis, Switzerland, has begun to firm up. One Swiss outlet, citing Graubünden Cantonal Police, reports that two of the five people initially reported missing have now been confirmed dead, leaving three unaccounted for. The building's collapsed stairwell and structural instability have slowed recovery efforts throughout. Here's what's changed since the fire broke out, and what's still unconfirmed.
Two of the five people reported missing after a fire destroyed a restaurant and apartment building in Thusis, Switzerland, have now been confirmed dead, according to one Swiss outlet citing the Graubünden Cantonal Police.
The fire tore through the building housing Restaurant Beverin overnight Thursday into Friday, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Fourteen people escaped; eight were injured, two of them seriously. The update on fatalities leaves three residents still unaccounted for, down from the five reported missing in the hours immediately after the blaze.
What's confirmed, and what isn't yet
The two deaths were reported by watson.ch, attributed directly to the cantonal police, shortly after the initial missing-persons figure was released. As of writing, that report hadn't been independently corroborated by other Swiss outlets covering the story, though it's the kind of detail that typically firms up quickly once a police source is on record. Police have not released names, ages or nationalities of any of the missing or deceased. A nephew of one missing man, speaking to 20 Minuten, said his 57-year-old uncle called him as the fire broke out and that he'd tried to reach him inside the building before smoke and flames stopped him on the first floor. Separately, residents told Swiss media that one of the missing is a young Portuguese woman who worked as a cleaner at the restaurant.
