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Around 40 people have been killed and 115 injured in a Swiss bar fire on New Year’s Eve, police say
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Officials are giving an update now – press watch live above to follow along
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Swiss President Guy Parmelin says the fire is “one of the worst tragedies that our country has experienced”The fire started at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) at Le Constellation bar in south-west Switzerland.
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A video from inside the bar shows the beginning of the fire, with a ceiling ablaze “I managed to break a window,” says one man who escaped the bar. “Half of my clothes were gone. It was crazy”
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The scene of the fire The cause of the fire hasn’t been confirmed, but officials have ruled out an attack. Some witnesses think “birthday candles”, on top of a champagne bottle, set fire to the ceiling
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- BBC
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