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Event title

Switzerland - Several dead in explosion at Swiss ski resort town Crans Montana: police

Event category

Explosion - Surroundings explosion

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Severity

High

Event date (UTC)

2026-01-01 06:48:42

Last update (UTC)

2026-01-05 08:51:11

Latitude

46.31157

Longitude

7.490331

Area range

Local event

Address/Affected area(s)

Crans-Montana, Valais

Several people were killed and others injured when an explosion ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Swiss police said early Thursday.“There has been an explosion of unknown origin,” Gaetan Lathion, a police spokesman in Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland told AFP.“There are several injured, and several dead.”He said the explosion took place at around 1:30 am (0030 GMT) in a bar called Le Constellation, which is popular with tourists, as revellers rang in the new year.Images published by Swiss media showed a building in flames, and emergency services nearby.“The intervention is still ongoing,” he said.

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