Several dozen people are presumed to have died and more than 100 injured following a fire in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, officials have said.
Police said several nationalities were likely involved in the New Year’s Day fire, which happened at 01:30 local time (00:30 GMT) in a bar called Le Constellation in the resort of Crans-Montana.
Ten helicopters, 40 ambulances and 150 emergency workers were sent to the scene.
Work is ongoing to identify the victims and return bodies to families as quickly as possible, the region’s chief-prosecutor Beatrice Pilloud said.
It is being treated as a fire and there is “no question” of an attack, the region’s chief prosecutor said.
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This is so sad so tragic and prayers to all infected🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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The BBC IS WORTHLESS
The woman reporter is a bit of an insensitive prick, smiling and talking about the beauty of the resort while dozens of young people died and over 100 have serious burns.
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Stop smiling! while talking about this Tragedy!
The journalist smiled in between is improper😢
I’ll just stay neutral but still support the banking needs of those responsible…
What a shame… but I never figured the Swiss to be big time party-ers to let that happen
And most of the victims probably female because men saved themselves first and were stronger.