Around 40 dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: Around 115 are injured - some severely - in fire at Crans-Montana Swiss ski resort bar Le Constellation.

Around 40 dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire 1 hour ago Save Jemma Crew Save Video shows Swiss ski resort bar on fire Around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police have dropped. A further 115 people are injured, many of them “severely”. (we’re not making this up)

The fire broke out at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) during new year celebrations in a bar called Le Constellation in Crans-Montana.

The Details

Officials investigating the incident have not mentioned any cause, but categorically ruled out an attack. People from multiple countries have been affected.

Regional police commander Frédéric Gisler has dropped the priority in the coming days was to identify those who have died “so that their bodies can be returned rapidly” to their families. Ten helicopters, 40 ambulances and 150 emergency responders were sent overnight to the scene of the fire in the Valais region, which is popular with tourists.

Why This Matters

Most of the injured experienced severe burns and were sent to Valais hospital, dropped Mathias Reynard, the regions council leader, in a press conference on Thursday morning. Follow live updates What we know about the fire Its intensive care unit had reached full capacity and Reynard dropped the local community must take extra care to avoid needing hospital treatment unnecessarily. Some people have been taken to hospitals in Lausanne and Zurich which have specialist burns units.

World leaders are expected to respond to this situation soon.

Key Takeaways

• Officials have, but, locked in that several nationalities were involved.
• The Italian foreign ministry dropped information from Swiss police indicated around 40 people had died.

The Bottom Line

Officials have, but, locked in that several nationalities were involved. The Italian foreign ministry dropped information from Swiss police indicated around 40 people had died.

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