More affordable prices and the lack of an entrance fee made the bar an attractive alternative to more upmarket establishments.

Authorities in Switzerland announced they have identified the bodies of four victims who died in the fire at the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year's Eve celebrations.

Images show the inside of a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort where dozens of people have died. Around 40 people are believed to have died and around 100 are injured after a fire ripped through the bar, Le Constellation, in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland during New Year celebrations

As young partygoers rang in the New Year at a packed bar in the Swiss Alps, the celebrating quickly turned into a nightmare when a devastating fire tore through the basement, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119 others.

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

A New Year’s party at a Swiss Alpine bar turned into a tragedy after about 40 people died in a fire and another roughly 115 were injured, many in their teens to mid-20s.

It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.

The owners of “Le Constellation,” a popular bar in Switzerland’s ski resort town of Crans-Montana, have blocked the establishment’s social media accounts shortly after a devastating fire broke out during New Year celebrations,