Switzerland resort fire latest news: 40 dead and 115 injured in Crans-Montana – as it happened
Police have ruled out an attack on Le Constellation bar as investigation starts into cause of fire
I live in Germany the media covers it intensely.
I try to sum it up. Young people had a New Year's party in a bar. Probably many affluent people were there because it is quite expensive there. The staff of the bar served bottles of alcohol with pyrotechnics to the tables. There are videos of that on the internet. You can find them on X (Twitter). I searched for footage online. And thus far I have not found gore. But the ceiling caught fire (probably wrong material). And then a large fire broke out with flashovers and toxic gases. There are videos online how some people film the flames. And don't take it serious. The staff members try to stop the flames. They are probably all dead. The people who filmed inside the bar instead of running for their lives are very likely dead. There are some videos of people who film while running away. And some people who had luck to escape the hell hole...well, the first thing they did is filming how the people inside die in the flames. You can only see the shadows. But there are so many cries for help.
However, who am I to judge. I also watched these videos. I am probably part of the problem.
I think though original sources can be very informative. This is why I will link some X posts. Some staff members survived though. Take my post with a grain of salt. I don't factcheck all of that. I am not extremely invested in the research of it. Accotding to a German news magazine. It is less likely something like that happens in Germany. In Germany there are strict regulations about the material of the ceiling of those bars. In Switzerland this is more up to local authorities. Usually, the people complain about Germany's and EU regulations but sometimes it can prevent catastrophes. Though, such tragedies also happen in our country from time to time.
