{"id":381536,"date":"2026-01-01T13:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381536\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T13:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:30:05","slug":"dozens-feared-dead-after-explosion-in-swiss-ski-resort-bar-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381536\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens feared dead after explosion in Swiss ski resort bar, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>The Latest: <\/p>\n<p>About 40 people are believed dead, and 100 others injured, following an explosion in Switzerland.The explosion took place at a party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana.The cause of the fire is still unknown, but police have so far ruled out arson.Many injured are in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people are feared to have been killed\u00a0and 100 others injured\u00a0after\u00a0an explosion tore through\u00a0a\u00a0crowded bar during a New Year&#8217;s Eve party in\u00a0the\u00a0upscale ski\u00a0resort of Crans-Montana\u00a0in southwestern\u00a0Switzerland, Swiss police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss police say they believe about 40 people died, according to a statement from the Italian Foreign Ministry. Victims couldn&#8217;t be immediately identified due to the severity of their burns. <\/p>\n<p>Police had earlier said many people were being treated for burns. Most of those injured were in a serious condition, said Mathias Reynard, head of the cantonal government. Valais hospital intensive care unit was full, and patients were being transferred elsewhere, he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Some of the victims are from other countries, said Stephane Ganzer, head of security for the Valais canton. Authorities said 10 helicopters and 40 ambulances had been mobilized.  <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0fire\u00a0broke out at 1:30 a.m. local time in a bar called Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, where police, the\u00a0fire\u00a0brigade and rescue services were deployed to help victims.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 people were in the bar at the time of the explosion, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Police officers stand outside a building that is cordoned off with a white drape.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767274205_273_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5003287310979618\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Police inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar during a New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. (Alessandro della Valle\/Keystone\/The Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>The area has been completely closed off, and a no-fly zone has been imposed over Crans-Montana, police said in a statement, adding that the cause of the blast remained unclear. <\/p>\n<p>The explosion was being considered a fire and not an attack,\u00a0prosecutor B\u00e9atrice Pilloud said. The Italian Foreign Ministry said later the blaze was not thought to be caused by arson. <\/p>\n<p>Pilloud also said authorities were trying to get the bodies of the victims to their families.<\/p>\n<p>The community is in the heart of the Swiss Alps, just 40 kilometres north of the Matterhorn, one of the most famous Alpine peaks, and 130 kilometres south of Zurich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-381536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}