About 40 killed and 115 injured in fire at bar in Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland

The fire ripped through the celebration at a bar in the Crans-Montana resort less than two hours after midnight on Thursday, police said

Police officers in the Crans-Montana resort inspect the area where the fire broke out (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, during a new year celebration in a Swiss Alpine bar, police said.

Authorities did not immediately have an exact count of the deceased.