5 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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5 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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5 h. ago Sparkler candles on champagne bottles revealed as likely cause of Swiss ski resort fire that killed 40

Dramatic footage shows ‘flares’ on champagne bottles catching fire on the bar’s ceiling

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6 h. ago Heartbreaking faces of people missing in Swiss ski resort bar fire which killed 47

Seven young people, most of whom are teens, have been reported missing following the devastating fire in Crans-Montana, with families urgently seeking for information

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7 h. ago Swiss authorities issue update on cause of ski resort fire that killed at least 40 people

Most of the victims were teenagers and people in their early to mid-20s

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10 h. ago Watch: Man swats at flames before Swiss ski resort fire turns deadly

Video shows the moment a New Year’s Eve reveller attempted to put out the flames of a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar that has killed at least 47 people.

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10 h. ago Tragic golf prodigy, 17, killed in Swiss ski resort fire pictured with Rory McIlroy

Emanuele Galeppini was the first victim to be named after a fire at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland left as many as 40 people dead and more than 100 injured

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14 h. ago First Swiss ski resort fire victim was promising golfer who 'embodied passion'

Emanuele Galeppini, a teenage Italian golfer, has been named as one of the victims of a fire that killed around 40 people at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland

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17 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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27 h. ago Victims 'as young as 14' caught in Swiss ski resort fire which killed 40 as probe continues

The horror, which unfolded at around 1.30am local time as revellers celebrated the new year at the popular tourist bar, has been described as "one of the worst tragedies" in Swiss history

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27 h. ago Swiss ski resort fire: Everything you need to know about horror blaze that killed 40

Swiss President Guy Parmelin branded the disaster at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 'one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced'

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27 h. ago Hundreds descend on makeshift memorial for Swiss ski resort fire after 40 die

A makeshift memorial has emerged for the dozens of people killed in last night's horrific ski resort fire that's killed about 40 people.

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27 h. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleSwiss resort fire: latest updatesLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwitzerland will hold five days of mourning after an “unprecedented” fire 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.The country’s president, Guy Parmelin, described 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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30 h. ago About 40 killed and 115 injured in fire at bar in Swiss ski resort of Crans

Police say blaze tore through crowded bar where people were seeing in the new yearSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesAbout 40 people are believed to have been killed and 115 injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.Swiss police confirmed several dozen partygoers were dead. The victims could not be immediately identified because of the severity of their burns, the ministry said. It confirmed arson was not responsible, with the blaze thought to be the result of an accident. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Terrifying Swiss ski resort footage shows start of New Year's Day fire that killed 'tens' of people

Swiss police say 'several tens of people' are presumed dead and around 100 injured following a fire in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day

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32 h. ago Terrifying footage shows start of New Year's Eve fire that killed 'tens' of people at Swiss ski resort

Swiss police say 'several tens of people' are presumed dead and around 100 injured following a fire in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve

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32 h. ago Terrifying footage shows start of New Year's Day fire that killed 'tens' of people at Swiss ski resort

Swiss police say 'several tens of people' are presumed dead and around 100 injured following a fire in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day

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34 h. ago Switzerland ski resort likened to 'war zone' amid fears it could take WEEKS to identify Crans

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as officials in Switzerland say 'several' people have been killed after a fire broke out at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Valais.

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34 h. ago 'Waiter waving a sparkler while dancing on a colleague's shoulders' started Swiss luxury nightclub fire that killed up to 40 people and injured 100

The blast occurred at around 1.30am local time (12.30am GMT) in the Constellation Bar in the Alpine town of Crans-Montana.

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35 h. ago 'Waiter waving a sparkler while dancing on a colleague's shoulders' started Swiss luxury nightclub fire that killed up to 40 people and injured 100  

The blast occurred at around 1.30am local time (12.30am GMT) in the Constellation Bar in the Alpine town of Crans-Montana.

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