Dozens dead and 100 injured in fire at Swiss Alps bar during New Year's celebration...
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Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration. (Produced by Elaine Carroll) CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — 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 Thursday, police said. Authorities did not immediately have an exact count of the deceased.
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Main Idea: A fire at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss Alps resort of Crans-Montana killed about 40 people and injured about 115 during New Year’s celebrations, prompting a national mourning period in Switzerland.
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- Police said the exact death toll was still being confirmed, and many of the injured were seriously hurt.
- Officials said the cause of the fire was not yet known and that no attack was suspected.
- Witnesses described chaos as people tried to escape smoke and flames through narrow stairs and windows.
- Swiss authorities said identifying the dead and helping families would take days, while hospitals in the region were quickly overwhelmed.
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The deadly fire at Le Constellation shows how crowded venues can turn into mass-casualty risks, which may prompt stricter safety checks at bars and events in the US.
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Valais Canton attorney general who said an investigation had been opened and addressed the cause of the fire.
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Valais Canton police commander who briefed the public and described the ongoing identification effort.
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Named bar and lounge that was the site of the fatal fire.
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Italian foreign minister planning to visit the site because of the number of Italians involved.
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Italy’s ambassador to Switzerland providing casualty and missing-person information.
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Mentioned because Italian citizens were among the victims and missing, and the foreign minister planned to visit.
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Regional government official describing hospital capacity and the severity of the crisis.
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