About 40 people died in Crans-Montana bar fire, with investigators saying it could take days to identify all victims
Switzerland resort fire – latest updates
Investigators have said it could take days to identify all of the victims who died in the fire that tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, as a local official said many of the injured were in a life-threatening condition.
About 40 people were killed in the blaze that engulfed the town’s Le Constellation bar, which was packed with mainly young revellers celebrating the new year, and about 115 others injured, many of them seriously, authorities have said.
Officials said it was too early to determine the cause of the blaze, but attention has focused increasingly on the ceiling of the bar’s basement, which witnesses and mobile phone images suggest may have been set alight by sparklers or flares attached to champagne bottles.
