In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French,

Police in Switzerland say a fire at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort area is believed to have left "several tens of people" dead and dozens more injured.

Swiss authorities have begun the grim task of identifying the mostly young victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed around 40 people and injured more than 100 at a ski resort in Crans-Montana.

About 40 people were killed and another 119 injured in the blaze. Loved ones are still searching for people who were inside.

The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana.

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The Swiss Alps bar fire killed dozens of "young people," police say. And Trump underwent a CT scan in October, not an MRI.

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.