Swiss authorities are giving a press conference one day after a deadly fire broke out on New Year’s Eve in a bar at the Crans-Montana ski resort, killing some 40 people and injuring more than 115. Click on the video player to watch live.
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People mourn near the sealed off Le Constellation bar, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, January 2, 2026. © Antonio Calanni, AP
Swiss authorities are holding a press conference on Friday, one day after a deadly fire killed around 40 people and injured more than 115 at the Crans-Montana ski resort in the Swiss Alps.
Crans-Montana is best known as an international ski and golf resort. Overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar was transformed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.
Investigators are probing the cause of the blaze, which broke out around 1:30am on Thursday during New Year’s celebrations at the bar. They have ruled out the possibility of an attack.
(FRANCE 24 With AP)
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