About 40 people were killed and 115 injured when a fire ripped through a crowded bar during a New Years Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday.
Police said the fire broke out at 1.30am as revellers were celebrating in a bar called Le Constellation in the resort in southwestern Switzerland, which locals said was popular with teenagers.
Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the disaster as one of the worst tragedies our country has ever known and said most of the dead were young people.
