VIDEO shows fire breaking out in bar in Switzerland during New Year’s party; more than 40 died

New video shows young people trying to contain fire inside bar in Switzerland A video taken by patrons of the bar at the ski resort in Switzerland that caught fire on Thursday (1st) recorded the moment the fire started. More than 40 people died in the tragedy. ➡️ The tragedy occurred during a New Year’s party in a bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, in the Swiss Alps. Another 115 people were injured, most seriously, and there were still dozens of people missing this Friday (2). ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp In the images, it is possible to see a fire in a structure on the ceiling of the bar — witnesses reported thinking that the fire started with a flare-type birthday candle, which was lit by a bar employee very close to the ceiling of the bar, according to the reports. Regulars watch the focus while one of them takes a shirt and hits it against the flames, trying to contain it, according to the images. But the video records how the fire only grows after that (see the video above). Fight against time to identify bodies Fire on New Year’s Eve kills 40 people in a bar in a ski resort in Switzerland Swiss authorities were fighting against time this Friday (2) to identify the approximately 40 victims of the fire in a bar in the luxurious ski resort of Crans-Montana on Thursday. The work of identifying the bodies was made difficult due to the condition of the bodies, according to the Swiss police. This is because the fire spread quickly throughout the bar during the party, according to investigations. Videos showed people trying to leave the bar as the flames grew. Police warned it could take days or even weeks to identify all the victims, a harrowing wait for families and friends. “We tried to locate our friends. We took a lot of photos and posted them on Instagram, Facebook and all possible social networks to try to find them,” 17-year-old Eleonore told news agency AFP. “But there’s nothing. No answer.” On Thursday, the prosecutor responsible for the case, Beatrice Pillout, also said that identifying the bodies could take weeks. Witnesses described scenes of panic and chaos, with people trying to break windows to escape and others running through the streets with many burns in the Swiss Alps town. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but survivors report that a birthday candle burning near the wooden ceiling may have started the fire. The Swiss Public Prosecutor’s Office speaks of an accidental fire and has ruled out, for now, the hypothesis of an attack or criminal act. Also due to the difficulty in identifying the bodies, the exact number of dead and people who were in the bar has not yet been determined, and the police have not reported how many remain missing. With capacity for 300 people inside and another 40 on the balcony, the establishment was very popular with foreign tourists, particularly young people. ‘Flashover’ could explain why fire spread in seconds in tragedy in Switzerland, says expert Italian golfer is one of the victims In Switzerland, fire at New Year’s party kills dozens of people and leaves more than 100 injured Jornal Nacional/ Reproduction Swiss President, Guy Parmelin, who also took office on Thursday, classified the incident as “a calamity of unprecedented and terrifying proportions” and “one of the worst tragedies we have ever had in Switzerland”. He announced that flags will remain flown at half-mast for five days. “Behind the numbers there are faces, names, families, lives brutally interrupted, completely paralyzed or changed forever,” he said at a press conference. One of them was the Italian golf athlete Emanuele Galeppini, just 16 years old. Galeppini’s name was the first to be identified among the victims in Italy. He was on vacation in Crans-Montana with his family and, according to the Italian press, he had gone to the Constellation bar with two friends, who managed to escape the fire and were taken to nearby hospitals. “The Italian Golf Federation mourns the passing of Emanuele Galeppini, a young athlete who carried with him passion and genuine values,” the federation said in a statement. Initial plugin text The local police commander, Frédéric Gisler, added that, “given the international character of the Crans station, we can expect foreign citizens to be among the victims” — Italy’s government said that at least 16 dead were Italians, and France’s said that nine citizens of the country were among the injured and eight were missing. The Brazilian government said it had not been notified about Brazilians among the victims. This Thursday, Itamaraty lamented the episode in a statement and confirmed that there was no record of victims in Brazil so far. Gisler said authorities are in contact with the “different embassies involved”, especially the French and Italian ones. Also this Friday, red and white caution ribbons, flowers and candles were placed on the street of the tragedy. Police cordoned off the scene of the fire. ‘Apocalypse’ Video shows fire inside a bar in Switzerland The fire started around 1:30 am (9:30 pm on Wednesday Brasília time) in the Le Constellation bar. “We thought it was just a small fire, but when we got there it was a tragedy. That’s the only word I can use to describe it: apocalypse. It was terrible,” Mathys, a resident of the nearby town of Chermignon-d’en-Bas, told AFP. Nathan, who visited the bar before the fire, saw burned people leaving the place. “They asked for help, they screamed for help,” he said. Authorities refused to speculate on the causes of the tragedy and said only that it was not an attack. The Valais regional minister responsible for security, Stéphane Ganzer, cited an explosion, but said it was a consequence of the fire in the bar. Several testimonies, published by the press in Switzerland, France and Italy, also point to flares placed in champagne bottles that bar staff raised into the air as part of a regular “show” for customers who placed special orders at the tables. The image below shows archive footage of a bar employee with a lit flare near the ceiling: Promotional video for the bar in Switzerland shows waitresses holding up bottles of champagne with candles on top. Reproduction/Le Constellation Crans-Montana. “There were some ladies, employees, with bottles of champagne with little flares. They got very close to the ceiling and, suddenly, it caught fire,” Axel, who was at the scene during the tragedy, told the Italian publication Local Team. The canton’s attorney general, Béatrice Pilloud, said the investigation will determine whether the bar complied with safety standards and had the required number of exits. The emergency service at the main hospital in the Valais region was overwhelmed and some injured people were transferred to Lausanne, Geneva or Zurich, and even to France and Italy. The European Union (EU) reported that it is in contact with the Swiss authorities to provide medical assistance. Several sources told AFP that the owners of the bar are French citizens: a couple who, according to a relative, escaped unharmed. They had not commented until the last update of this report, and the police have not yet said whether the couple was detained or gave a statement. See the videos that are trending on g1

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