Around 40 people were killed and 115 others injured in a fire during a New Year’s Eve party at a bar at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland. Survivor accounts and videos suggest the blaze started at around 1:30 am local time, after sparkling candles got too close to the basement’s ceiling.

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