(Correction to clarify the official’s comments in paragraph 23) By Olivia Le Poidevin VERBIER, Switzerland, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A New Year’s fire that killed 40 people in a Swiss ski resort bar has rocked a lucrative tourism industry that has long had an impeccable reputation and put pressure on the country to tighten safety … Read more
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in silence Sunday to honor the victims of a New Year’s Eve bar fire in the Swiss alpine resort of Crans-Montana that left 40 dead and many seriously injured. Somber mourners, many with bloodshot eyes, silently filed out of the chapel to organ music after the hour-long … Read more
Credit: via X The New Year’s Eve party was underway when tragedy struck. As about 200 revelers celebrated in the packed basement of Le Constellation bar, a barmaid carrying a bottle of champagne covered in glitter made her way through the crowd. The maid, carried on the shoulders of a colleague, held the bottle above … Read more