What happened at Crans-Montana?published at 09:00 GMT
09:00 GMT
Forty people were killed 116 injured when a fire ripped through a popular bar in a Swiss ski resort in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
The bar, Le Constellation in the resort of Crans-Montana, was full of people ringing in the New Year, when the blaze began in the basement area.
The victims range in age from 14 to 39 years old.
A criminal investigation has been launched into the French couple who managed the bar – a venue known to be popular with a younger crowd in the ski resort town, where the drinking age is 16.
Sparklers on bottles being carried too close to the ceiling were the likely cause of the fire, a preliminary investigation has found.
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Footage shows person trying to put out flames during deadly Swiss bar fire