A powerful blast and fire tore through a crowded bar in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana as New Year celebrations were underway.
Police said the blast occurred at around 01:30 AM local time (00:30 GMT) at Le Constellation.
A police spokesperson said more than 100 people had been in the bar at the time of the incident. Police, firefighters and several helicopters were on site in the aftermath. The reason for the explosion was initially given to be "unknown."
"Several dozen people are presumed to have died," Frederic Gisler, police commander in the Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland, told reporters.
Police said earlier that many people had been treated for burns.
"The fire started around 1:30 a.m. this morning in a bar called 'Le Constellation,'" police spokesperson Gaetan Lathion said. "More than a hundred people were in the building, and we are seeing many injured and many dead."
"We're just at the beginning of our investigation, but this is a internationally renowned ski resort with lots of tourists," Lathion said. "We are seeing many injured and many dead."
Police said the area had been completely closed off, and a no-fly zone was imposed over Crans-Montana.
Most of the dead and wounded people were having fire burns , most probably the fire erupted was because of the pyrotechnics ( fireworks ).
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