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The GuardianFire killed about 40 people who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the ski resort of Crans-Montana at the town’s Le Constellation bar Here is a roundup of everything we know so far about the fire that ripped through the crowded Le Constellation bar in the Swiss Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana: A fire that tore through a crowded bar at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana has killed about 40 people and injured 115 . The fire broke out at 1.30am on Thursday in the town’s Le Constellation bar , but it’s not yet clear what set off the blaze. Some witnesses said it started after sparklers or flares were put into champagne bottles. Two women told the French broadcaster BFMTV they had been inside when they saw a bartender carrying a female member of staff on his shoulders. She was holding a lit birthday candle on top of a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames spread quickly and caused the ceiling to collapse, they said. The canton’s chief prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud , said she could not comment on reports that lighted candles had caused the inferno. Swiss president Guy Parmelin has said the country will hold five days of mourning , describing the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. Continue reading...
New York PostWitnesses said it was one of those bottles — with a sparkler attached — that caught the ceiling of the basement “Le Constellation” bar on fire.