{"id":213307,"date":"2026-01-02T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213307\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:30:09","slug":"switzerland-ski-fire-latest-swiss-authorities-give-update-on-deadly-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213307\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland ski fire latest: Swiss authorities give update on deadly fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Image shows moment Swiss bar ceiling catches firepublished at 12:05 GMT<\/p>\n<p>12:05 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b5c4d397-173c-4494-9136-e8dc366915d0.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Richard Irvine-Brown<br \/>BBC Verify journalist<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image of what appears to be the inside of the bar. People hold up bottles with lit sparklers. A small fire is above them on the ceiling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e595698b-bf05-4d5a-be40-f77f0c1b4a94.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"638\" height=\"680\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Verify has verified two photos showing lit sparklers attached to bottles inside Le Constellation nightclub in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, shared online with claims they were taken around the start of the fire on New Year&#8217;s Eve. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One image shows people holding several bottles in the air with lit sparklers attached and what appears to be a fire on the ceiling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We searched for previous versions of this image online and no copies existed before yesterday.<br \/>\nThere are several details in the photograph which match older photos of the interior of the nightclub, including the bar, the wall decor and the pipework. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We ran the photo through four AI-detection tools, none of which detected AI manipulation but one said the image had been edited. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Running it through a digital manipulation tool showed no evidence of manipulation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A person sits on the shoulders of another person. They are both holding bottles with lit sparklers on them\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/af14bb5b-79e5-4e75-a826-88239c94667b.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"691\" height=\"1000\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The second image we looked at shows someone in a sleeveless black dress and crash helmet holding a bottle with a lit sparkler attached, on the shoulders of someone wearing a mask. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We searched for previous versions online and no copies existed before yesterday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Parts of a neon sign for Le Constel can be seen in the background, consistent with older photos from the club. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The image has been run through three AI detection tools, none of which detected AI manipulation but one said the photo was edited. Running it through a digital manipulation tool showed no evidence of manipulation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image shows moment Swiss bar ceiling catches firepublished at 12:05 GMT 12:05 GMT Richard Irvine-BrownBBC Verify journalist Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-213307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}