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The Swiss president said it was one of the country's worst tragedies. (AP) People lay flowers and light candles for the victims of the fire. (AP) Auto news: These are ...

A blaze at a packed bar in the Swiss Alps during New Year's Eve celebrations killed about 40 people and injured 115 others, many of them seriously. Cellphone video captured harrowing images of the ...

Update: Swiss investigators said Friday that the cause of the fire was sparklers that ignited the the ceiling. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. A fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss ...

The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana. Dozens of people were killed and ...

A fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss Alps during New Year’s Eve celebrations killed about 40 people and left 115 injured, many of them seriously, police said early Thursday. The blaze tore through a ...

At least 40 New Year’s revelers have been killed after a massive fire ripped through a bar in the Swiss Alps, police announced Thursday. The chaotic blaze at the Le Constellation venue in the Alpine ...

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight ...