{"id":383233,"date":"2026-01-02T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383233\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:35:09","slug":"live-updates-swiss-ski-resort-fire-leaves-40-dead-at-switzerlands-crans-montana-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383233\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Swiss ski resort fire leaves 40 dead at Switzerland\u2019s Crans-Montana in the Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n New videos show terror and chaos as a fire broke out Thursday inside Le Constellation bar,<\/a> which was packed with people celebrating New Year in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.\n <\/p>\n

\n The videos, obtained and verified by CNN, shed more light on what unfolded both inside and outside the building, as people tried desperately to escape the flames that rapidly engulfed the venue.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN verified the content by matching the videos with file images showing the interior of the bar along with street view imagery.\n <\/p>\n

\n One video, filmed from inside the bar as the fire is starting up, shows flames spreading across the ceiling. Music blares in the background as crowds of people rush up a flight of stairs toward the exit.\n <\/p>\n

\n In another video, filmed from outside the building, a person can be seen opening a window panel or door on the exterior of the club. Thick smoke billows out as the window opens. A person can be seen stumbling out of the building and over a barrier onto street level. Bystanders are gathering outside.\n <\/p>\n

\n A third video, also shot from outside, shows the fire has now grown into a raging inferno. Flames are ferociously burning, and the inside of the bar is bright orange. Shouts fill the bar as people can seen panicking and pulling themselves out of windows, while others pile down a set of stairs toward the street outside.\n <\/p>\n

\n Multiple people can be seen lying motionless on the ground outside the bar in a fourth video, as bystanders attend to them.\n <\/p>\n

\n It appears by this point that emergency crews have arrived on scene as blue flashing lights can be seen in the footage. It is unclear whether the people in the video are dead or alive.\n <\/p>\n

\n A final video shows emergency service personnel tending to victims in the aftermath of the fire. One person can be seen on the ground covered in blankets, others are sitting down around them inside a building.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New videos show terror and chaos as a fire broke out Thursday inside Le Constellation bar, which was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-383233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}