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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Geneva, January 1 (Xinhua) — Around 40 people were killed and more than 110 injured in a fire at a bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, local police said on Thursday.
The head of the Valais cantonal police, Frédéric Giesler, provided the relevant information at a second press conference held in the afternoon.
"According to our estimates, approximately 40 people were killed. Another 115 were injured, most seriously," said F. Giesler.
Local media previously reported, citing police, that a serious fire broke out at a bar in the heart of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve. Emergency services received a report of the blaze shortly after 1:30 a.m. local time. Dozens of ambulances from several cantons, as well as several helicopters, were deployed. –0–
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