Rescuers and fire-fighters work at the site of an explosion that ripped through a bar in Crans-Montana. (Photo by MAXIME SCHMID / AFP)LENS, Switzerland: Around 40 people have been killed and 100 injured, most of them seriously, after an explosion tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upmarket ski resort of Crans-Montana, Swiss officials said on Thursday. A fire broke out at 1.30 a.m. (0030 GMT) in a bar called "Le Constellation" in the resort in south-western Switzerland. "I cannot hide from you that we are all shaken by what happened overnight in Crans," Gisler told the press conference. Several people were killed and others injured when an explosion ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Swiss police said early on Jan 1.

Source: New Strait Times January 01, 2026 12:22 UTC