{"id":4717,"date":"2026-01-01T08:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/several-killed-in-blaze-at-swiss-ski-resort-town-police\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:35:45","slug":"several-killed-in-blaze-at-swiss-ski-resort-town-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/several-killed-in-blaze-at-swiss-ski-resort-town-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Several killed in blaze at Swiss ski resort town: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The New Year\u2019s Eve fire occurred in a bar called Le Constellation in the Swiss town of Crans Montana.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Several people have been killed and others injured after a blaze ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Swiss police have said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire started around 1:30 am [00:30 GMT] this morning in a bar called \u2018Le Constellation,&#8217;\u201d as revellers rang in the new year, police spokesperson Gaetan Lathion said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/29\/fire-at-indonesia-retirement-home-kills-16-people\">Fire at Indonesia retirement home kills 16 people<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/trump-bombs-venezuelan-land-for-first-time-is-war-imminent\">Trump bombs Venezuelan land for first time: Is war imminent?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/31\/suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-one-police-officer-in-syrias-aleppo\">Suicide bomber kills at least one police officer in Syria\u2019s Aleppo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cMore than a hundred people were in the building, and we are seeing many injured and many dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier media reports said there had been an explosion, but a police statement called the blaze \u201ca fire of undetermined origin\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just at the beginning of our investigation, but this is a internationally renown ski resort with lots of tourists,\u201d Lathion said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WEB-MAP-SWITZERLAND-CRANS-MONTANA-1767251614.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C433&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Crans Montana\" fetchpriority=\"low\">A reception centre and helpline have been set up for impacted families, he added.<\/p>\n<p>A medical source told national broadcaster RTS that hospitals in French-speaking Switzerland were overwhelmed with burn victims in the aftermath of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Crans Montana is situated in the heart of the Swiss Alps, just 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the Matterhorn.<\/p>\n<p>Images published by Swiss media showed a building in flames, and emergency services nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The area has been completely \u200cclosed off, \u200cand a \u2060no-fly zone has been imposed over Crans-Montana, \u200cthe police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intervention is still ongoing,\u201d Lathion said.<\/p>\n<p>A news conference has been scheduled by police for 10am (08:00 GMT) in Crans Montana.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORY, The New Year\u2019s Eve fire occurred in a bar called Le Constellation in the Swiss town of Crans Montana. Several people have been killed and others injured after a blaze ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Swiss police have said. \u201cThe fire started around 1:30 &#8230; <a title=\"Several killed in blaze at Swiss ski resort town: Police\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/several-killed-in-blaze-at-swiss-ski-resort-town-police\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Several killed in blaze at Swiss ski resort town: Police\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}