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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoSwitzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire
Fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana killed about 40 people, injured 115, and prompted five days of national mourning.
Local officials said the cause of the fire is not yet known but they have ruled out any kind of attack. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the building. Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV that they were inside when they saw a barman carrying a barmaid on his shoulders. The barmaid was holding a lit candle in a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames quickly spread and collapsed the ceiling, they told the broadcaster.