CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Dozens were killed and over 100 injured when a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana early Thursday as young revellers rang in the New Year. Frederic Gisler, police commander in the Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland, told reporters that authorities had counted "around 40 people who have died and around 115 injured, most of them seriously". This was "one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced", Guy Parmelin, who took over the Swiss presidency on Thursday, told reporters. A tourist from New York, who filmed bright orange flames pouring from the bar, told AFP he saw people running and screaming. People were using chairs to try to break the windows," he told Swiss public broadcaster RTS.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 02, 2026 02:48 UTC