Rescuers in the area where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
The interior building where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
Rescue staffers and firefighters in the area where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
On New Year's Eve, the Crans-Montana resort's crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland鈥檚 worst tragedies. The Associated Press' John Leicester explained how many of the injured were transported to hospitals across Switzerland and neighboring countries as the regional health facility hit capacity.
Dazio reported from Berlin and Leicester reported from Paris. Geir Moulson in Berlin, Graham Dunbar in Geneva and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed to this report.
Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year鈥檚 celebration.
The interior building where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
Rescuers in the area where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
Rescue staffers and firefighters in the area where a fire broke out, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.
Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge, leaving people dead and injured, during a New Year鈥檚 celebration in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1.