Initial investigations into a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar on New Year's Day suggest the blaze started when sparkler candles were carried too close to the ceiling, prosecutors said on Friday.
At least 40 people were killed and 119 injured, Swiss officials said. Emanuele Galeppini, a 17-year-old Italian golfer who lived in Dubai, was the first among the dead to be identified publicly.
The blaze broke out at around 1.30am at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, in the south-west of the country.
“Everything suggests that the fire started from the sparkling candles that had been attached to champagne bottles,” Valais
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