Candles lit for victims of fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration

Andreea Neblea

(1 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Crans-Montana, Switzerland - 1 January 2026 1. Various of candles, tributes for victims of bar fire STORYLINE: 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. The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an