CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland >> About 40 people were killed and 115 injured when a ‌fire ripped through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said today.

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Around 40 people were killed and at least 115 were injured after a fire ripped through a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in a luxury resort town in southern Switzerland, police said Thursday. 

Swiss officials face a challenging task identifying victims of a deadly bar fire that claimed around 40 lives in Crans-Montana.

Burn centers in the Netherlands were ready and willing to help Swiss healthcare workers treat patients who were injured in an explosion at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, during New Year’s celebrations. The deadly blast ripped through the resort location, with Swiss and Italian authorities saying it likely killed at least 40 people and injured around 100 others.

Several dozen people are presumed dead and roughly 100 more injured after a fire ripped through a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in a luxury resort town in southern Switzerland, police said Thursday. The cause of the fire remains unknown, but Swiss authorities have said the incident is not being treated as an attack of any kind. France24 correspondent John Zarocostas reports.

Geneva: A deadly explosion triggered a fire at a bar in Switzerland overnight, leaving "several injured and dead" and overwhelming nearby hospitals with

A fire at a bar in the upscale Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana just north of the Matterhorn, in Switzerland, has killed dozens of people and injured nearly 100 after breaking out around 1:30 a.m. at the Constellation bar, with investigators now working to determine the cause as authorities say there is no indication the blaze was terror-related. France24 correspondent, John Zarocostas, reports the latest.