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Forty people have been reported dead and 115 injured, “many severely” after the fire at Le Constellation bar overnight in Switzerland, the police commander said.
There were 60 people being treated at a hospital in Sion, and others had been taken to hospitals in other Swiss cities, reports the BBC.
Two officials – including the Attorney General – said they did not know how many people were in the bar at the time, but it’s something the investigation into the fire will be covering
A state councillor described it as having a “young festive population” during the New Year’s Eve party, but would not describe any of the victims as minors.
Swiss President Guy Parmelin called the incident “one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced”
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Swiss Attorney General, Beatrice Pilloud, told the press conference that she was “not able to give a timeline” for the first results of the investigation into the fire.
She said there were teams working to bring answers “as quickly as possible”.
Asked if they know roughly how many people were in the bar at the time of the fire, municipality president of Crans-Montana Nicolas Féraud said “not at all”.
He said there were regulations covering this, and that the security services had an annual schedule to visit and check venues to ensure that they were complying with health and safety regulations.
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