Overview
- Police confirmed multiple fatalities and roughly 100 injured, with casualty figures still being verified.
- The explosion and fast-spreading fire struck Le Constellation around 1:30 a.m. local time as more than 100 people celebrated inside.
- Officials said the event is being treated as an accident rather than an attack as the cantonal prosecutor opened a formal probe.
- Crans-Montana had prohibited fireworks for the holiday, yet witnesses reported explosions and investigators are focusing on possible pyrotechnics.
- The area is cordoned off with a temporary no-fly zone, a large emergency deployment moved victims to hospitals across Switzerland, and support centers for families were activated.