All victims of Swiss bar fire now identified
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The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana.
Geneva — Around 40 people died and more than 100 were injured in a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year's celebrations, police said on Thursday, as the country struggled to grasp the scale of the tragedy.
About 40 people were killed and another 119 injured in the blaze. Loved ones are still searching for people who were inside.
Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration. (AP video by Jamey Keaten)
The deadly blaze erupted around 1:30 a.m. at the bar “Le Constellation” in the ritzy ski resort town of Crans-Montana in the Valais Canton.