Rockfall Situation in the Grisons mountain village of Brienz stable - exodus continues

On Saturday, the evacuation work in the Grisons mountain village of Brienz progressed according to plan. It is expected that all 80 or so residents and their animals will have left the village by midday on Sunday.

The people had all left on their own, no one had to be evacuated in the strict sense, explained Christian Gartmann, spokesman for the municipality of Albula, to the Keystone-SDA news agency. They also took care of their pets themselves. However, the municipality of Albula, to which Brienz belongs, is still available if necessary.

Most of the two farms in Brienz have now evacuated their animals and feed. The 500-year-old winged altar from the church has also been dismantled and removed.

The mountain is currently calm, but it is no longer possible to speak of a slowdown in the sliding of the scree and rock layers that was observed a few days ago.

SDA