A New Year’s Inferno in the Alps
A New Year’s Eve party at one of Switzerland’s best‑known ski resorts turned into a disaster in minutes when fire tore through the Le Constellation bar in Crans‑Montana, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100. Videos show a packed basement room of young holiday‑makers moments before champagne sparklers appear near the low ceiling, and then a sudden rush toward a narrow staircase as thick smoke fills the space. Investigators now say those sparklers, fixed to champagne bottles, likely set f
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