Dozens Feared Dead in New Year’s Day Fire at Swiss Alps Bar

Multiple people are thought to have been killed with many more injured by the blaze in the Ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, police said.

Police inspect the Le Constellation bar after a fire broke out during a New Year’s celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, on Jan. 1, 2026. Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP

Dozens are feared dead and 100 others injured after a fire broke out during New Year’s celebrations at a bar in the Swiss Alps, local police said on Jan. 1.

The blaze broke out in the early hours of New Year’s Day at the Le Constellation bar in the upscale Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana, in the Canton of Valais.