3 h. ago New disturbing pic shows last minutes inside Swiss bar where 40 died after horror fire

A chilling new photo from the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, shows the exact moment flames erupted from the ceiling foam

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4 h. ago Switzerland fire latest: Families of missing teenagers plead for information as likely cause of deadly blaze identified

Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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6 h. ago Pictured: Former pupil at British school among those missing after Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, believed to be 15, has not been heard from since a fire tore through the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana

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6 h. ago Swiss ski resort fire: How New Year celebrations turned to tragedy as sparklers on bottles likely cause of blaze

40 people killed and 119 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

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7 h. ago Swiss ski resort fire: sparklers held too close to ceiling may have caused disaster, investigators say

About 40 people died in Crans-Montana bar fire, with experts saying it could take days to identify victimsSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesInvestigators believe fountain sparklers mounted on champagne bottles and held too close to the ceiling sparked the deadly fire that tore through a crowded bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, killing about 40 people and injuring more than 100.“Everything suggests the fire started from the burning candles or ‘Bengal lights’ that had been attached to champagne bottles,” the prosecutor Béatrice Pilloud said on Friday. “These went too close to the ceiling.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Sparklers held near ceiling started Swiss ski resort fire, investigators believe

Footage and witness statements show blaze that killed about 40 was ‘very rapid’, prosecutor saysInvestigators believe fountain sparklers mounted on champagne bottles and held too close to the ceiling sparked the deadly fire that tore through a crowded bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, killing about 40 people and injuring more than 100.“Everything suggests the fire started from the burning candles or ‘Bengal lights’ that had been attached to champagne bottles,” the prosecutor Béatrice Pilloud said on Friday. “These went too close to the ceiling.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Switzerland fire latest: Sparkler candles on champagne bottles revealed as likely cause of deadly blaze

Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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11 h. ago Faces of the missing: Families plead for information about missing loved ones, many of them children, following Swiss nightclub blaze that left 47 dead

New Year's Eve celebrations turned into a nightmare when Le Constellation bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana went up in flames,

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11 h. ago Switzerland resort fire live: ‘horrific’ injuries leave some survivors still unidentified; new image appears to show moment bar caught fire

More than 100 people still in hospital after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40; first victim named as Emanuele GaleppiniItaly’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured.Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatriated on Thursday and three more will follow on Friday, he said.It’s the grief, as if we have all lost a loved one. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Horrific scenes in ski resort bar recounted by witnesses who saw 'people burning'

About 40 people were killed and around 115 injured in a blaze that broke out inside the bar at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland on New Year's Eve, one of the worst tragedies in the country's history

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13 h. ago 'My son booked a table at Swiss bar – I don't know if he's in hospital or morgue'

Laetitia Brodard has not seen teenage son Arthur, 16 since he set off to celebrate at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve with nine of his friends

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15 h. ago Survivor escaped deadly Swiss resort bar fire ‘in frenzy’ as it was engulfed by blaze

A survivor who escaped the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations has recalled the moment he saw party-goers trying to flee “in a frenzy”.

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16 h. ago Football talent, 19, 'severely injured' in devastating Crans

A fire broke out at Le Constellation Bar in Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year's Day, injuring over 100 people and killing 47 – and a Ligue 1 talent has been named among those who were hurt

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16 h. ago Golfer, 17, named as first victim of Swiss bar fire as investigators face grim task of identifying bodies of 47 victims

THE first victim of the Swiss bar fire has been named as an an Italian teen golfer. Emanuele Galeppini was one of 47 people who died as a “flashover” inferno erupted at a packed tourist bar in in Crans-Montana, Valais. Experts are using dental and DNA records to try identify the deceased, but the severity...

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16 h. ago Switzerland fire latest: First victim of tragedy named as teenage golfer after 40 killed in Crans

Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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16 h. ago BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt shares sad update on deaths caused by fire

BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Nina Warhurst reported on the devastating fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans Montana ski resort on Friday's show.

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16 h. ago Chilling photo shows moment deadly New Year's Fire began as crowds tried to escape

A sparkler appears to ignite the ceiling in the dramatic new photograph from Constellation Bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where dozens were killed and over 100 injured at a New Year's party

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16 h. ago First Swiss fire victim named as 100 people in critical condition after Crans

Swiss investigators are probing what caused a fire in a bar Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that left around 40 people dead and another 115 injured during a New Year’s celebration

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18 h. ago Switzerland fire latest: Search for victims of deadly tragedy continues after 40 killed in Crans Montana bar

Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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19 h. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire, as investigators rush to identify victims

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwiss investigators are racing to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.President, Guy Parmelin, has said the country will hold five days of mourning, describing the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying tribute to the many “young lives that were lost and interrupted”. Continue reading...

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