Explosive fire kills multiple people at Swiss Alps bar during New Year’s celebrations

An explosive occurrence astatine a barroom successful the Swiss Alps killed aggregate radical and injured others during New Year’s celebrations, constabulary said.

The blaze happened successful the Alpine skis edifice municipality of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, constabulary said.

"The occurrence started astir 1:30 a.m. this greeting successful a barroom called 'Le Constellation,'" constabulary spokesperson Gaëtan Lathion said. "More than a 100 radical were successful the building, and we are seeing galore injured and galore dead."

Investigators were moving to find the origin of the fire, constabulary said.

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Rescuers and fire-fighters enactment astatine the tract of an detonation that ripped done a barroom successful Crans-Montana connected January 1, 2026. (MAXIME SCHMID / AFP via Getty Images)

"We're conscionable astatine the opening of our investigation, but this is an internationally renown skis edifice with tons of tourists," Lathion said.

A reception halfway and helpline person been established for impacted families, Lathion said.

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A quality league was scheduled by constabulary for 10 a.m. The assemblage is successful the bosom of the Swiss Alps, astir 25 miles northbound of the Matterhorn.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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