"Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, following a fire at a bar in a Swiss Alps resort town during a New Year's celebration, police said Thursday. Several tens of people were killed at the bar, Le Constellation, Valais Canton police commander Frederic Gisler said during a news conference. Work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families but that will take time"
"Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV that they were inside when they saw a barman carrying a barmaid on his shoulders. The barmaid was holding a lit candle in a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames quickly spread and collapsed the ceiling, they told the broadcaster. One of the women described a crowd surge as people frantically tried to escape from a basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door."
Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most seriously, after a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana during New Year's celebrations. Helicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene to assist victims, including foreign nationals. Witnesses reported a barmaid holding a lit candle in a bottle that ignited a wooden ceiling, causing flames to spread and the ceiling to collapse. Crowds surged attempting to escape a basement nightclub via a narrow stairway and door, and some people smashed windows to flee. Authorities said experts have not entered the wreckage and investigators have not determined the cause.
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