US EditionAbout 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration
Around 40 people died and over 100 were injured in a rapid fire at Le Constellation bar during New Year's celebrations, officials said, with investigations ongoing.
- An explosion caused a fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, during New Year celebrations, leading to about 40 deaths and 115 injuries, according to police.
- The fire began around 1:30 a.m. in the Swiss Alpine resort municipality, located in southwestern Switzerland, according to police.
- Victims could not be identified immediately due to the severity of their burns, as stated by police.
- Prosecutor Béatrice Pilloud confirmed that the explosion is being treated as a fire and not an attack.
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At least 40 dead in Swiss ski resort fire as authorities search for answers
Authorities are working to determine the cause of a fire that swept through a crowded bar on New Year’s Day, killing at least 40 people and injuring 115 in the Crans-Montana mountain resort in southern Switzerland, as questions remain over how the blaze started and became so deadly. The fire broke out in the early morning Thursday at the Constellation lounge bar inside the resort in the Swiss canton of Valais and spread quickly, triggering one o…
Fire in Swiss Alps leaves dozens of New Year’s revelers dead
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Fire ripped through a bar packed with young New Year’s revelers in an upscale Swiss ski resort town early Thursday, killing about 40 people and injuring about 115, officials said, in what the Swiss president called “one of the worst tragedies our country has ever experienced.”
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