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

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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,

Sixteen-year-old Arthur Brodard went to the Le Constellation bar with friends to celebrate the New Year. Nearly 48 hours after a devastating fire, his mother still held out hope he might be one of the six injured people who remained unidentified after one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.

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 bar in Crans-Montana was owned by a French couple and is now under scrutiny. A New Year’s Eve fire inside the bar killed at least 40 people and injured others.

The Swiss police have not confirmed certain claims that the fire may have been caused by pyrotechnics in the bar that had about 100 people

Swiss investigators say they believe sparklers on Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year’s Eve revelers.

Officials: Many more injured, death toll could rise. Investigators say they don’t believe the incident was an attack.