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About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration
- A powerful explosion at Le Constellation Bar in Crans-Montana killed about 40 people and injured over 115 during New Year's celebrations, according to authorities.
- The explosion occurred around 1:30 a.m. on January 1, overwhelming local hospitals with burn victims, according to a doctor from Rega air rescue service.
- Gaetan Lathion, a police spokesman, confirmed that multiple fatalities occurred and that the cause of the blast remains unknown.
- Emergency services responded quickly, evacuating the area and treating many injured, while a reception center has been established for affected families.
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Hospitals in Crans-Montana are overwhelmed after a devastating fire. Approximately 40 people have died. How could this have happened?
·Berlin, Germany
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Several witnesses claim that a candle over a bottle of champagne caused the fire
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Two young Frenchmen who were at the Le Constellation bar who caught fire at a New Year’s Eve party told how the fire happened and spread; how they fled, and the panic that was generated among the attendees. “Everyone was screaming,” one of these two young people told the French channel BFMTV what they had lived. According to the girls, the origin of the tragedy was flares or fireworks that were made in champagne bottles. Le Constellation started…
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