New Year's Eve party: around 40 dead and 115 seriously injured in blaze in Swiss ski resort bar

Around 40 people are dead and 115 seriously injured after a fire tore through the "Le Constellation" bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in southern Switzerland on January 1, according to Valais cantonal police. An investigation is continuing to determine the exact cause of one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The deadly New Year Eve’s fire was "one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced”, Swiss President Guy Parmelin told a press conference at 5pm on Thursday. Many of the victims were young people, he noted. "Around 40 people have died and 115 are injured, many severely,” Frédéric Gisler, police commander for canton Valais, told reporters. The priority over the coming days is to identify the people who have died "so that their bodies can be returned rapidly" to their families, he said. The injured have been transported to various hospitals across Switzerland, including Sion, Lausanne, Bern ...