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Fire rapidly engulfed the Constellation bar inside the Crans-Montana mountain resort, triggering at least one explosion, officials said. The cause is unknown.
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A New Year's party at a Swiss Alpine bar turned into a tragedy after about 40 people died in a fire and another roughly 115 were injured, many in their teens to mid-20s.
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Transfers of patients to hospitals in Germany, Italy and France began on Thursday. France said on Friday that 11 injury victims would be hospitalized there.
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About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.
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Several dozen are believed killed in a fire at a New Year's Eve party in a Swiss ski resort bar.
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A fire of "undetermined origin" broke out at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at about 1:40 a.m. local time, the Cantonal Police of Valais said in a statement.
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About 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a fire broke out at a bar at a popular Swiss Alps ski resort town on New Year's Eve, according to police. The president of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, said that many of the victims were young people and include Swiss residents as well as tourists from neighboring countries and elsewhere.
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Officials ruled out the possibility of an attack and are investigating the cause of the blaze, which left many of the injured with "significant, severe burns."
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Dozens of people are feared dead after a fire swept through a ski resort bar during a New Year's celebration in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian has the details.
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