Several people were killed and others were injured in an attack Explosion in a bar from the luxurious Alpine ski resort of Crans Montana, police reported on Thursday. Swiss.
“There was an explosion of unknown origin“said Gaetan Lathion, police spokesman in the canton of Valais in western Switzerland. “There are several injured and several dead,” he added.
According to the official description, Crans-Montana is located in the southwest of Switzerland, in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais a popular holiday destination due to “its variety of summer and winter activities, its commercial and gastronomic offer and the unique panorama.”
According to local media The fire happened in the bar and Salon Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Valais, during the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Various videos are circulating on social networks showing a huge column of smoke rising from the site of the incident, which occurred this Thursday at around 1:30 a.m. local time.
According to Lathion, the number of dead, wounded and seriously injured is still unknown.
The causes of the fire were not clear this morning, although the main hypothesis was that it may have been caused by Pyrotechnics during a concert in the rooms in the basement.
Lathion added that a help center and hotline had been set up for affected families and said: “We are only at the beginning of our investigation, but this is an internationally known ski resort with many tourists.”
With information from agencies.
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