US Edition'Several dozens' believed to have been killed in fire at Swiss ski resort bar, say authorities
- A fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, during New Year celebrations resulted in several fatalities and injuries, according to police.
- The fire broke out at approximately 1:30 a.m., as police spokesperson Gaetan Lathion reported, when many tourists were gathered to celebrate.
- Authorities confirmed that several tens of people are presumed dead, with about 100 individuals injured, mostly seriously, as reported by police.
- Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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According to the police, dozens of people have been killed in a fire in a bar in the Swiss ski resort Crans-Montana in the canton of Valais. Around one hundred people have been injured, most of them severely.
Crans-Montana. Several dozen people are afraid of being killed and about a hundred were injured after a fire on Thursday morning, January 1, at a bar in the luxurious ski resort of Crans-Montana, in southwestern Switzerland, in the midst of the New Year celebrations, the authorities reported.The fire, of undetermined origin, broke out around 01:30 a.m. locals at the Le Constellation bar, a place very crowded by tourists and with capacity for som…
In the Valais ski resort Crans-Montana several dozen people died in a fire in a bar.
The police feared that "several dozen people" had died in a fire that also caused a hundred people to be injured in a bar in Switzerland.
The commander of the Valais Cantonal Police, Frederic Gisler, confirmed at a press conference that ten people died in the fire which exploded in the first hour of the new year in a popular Swiss ski station Crans Montana. Among the rescuers who participated in the support of the victims was also a novel. Meanwhile, the Mae of Bucharest reported that there was no information that during the time there were also Romanians. Article A novel, saved a…
The fire spread to a cocktail bar at the Valais station on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. The hypothesis of an attack is ruled out according to Béatrice Pilloud, the canton's prosecutor.
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