New Year's Eve nightclub fire in Swiss resort Crans-Montana kills 40, injures 119. Witnesses say bartender carried lit sparkler near wooden ceiling before flames erupted.

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A fire of "undetermined origin" broke out at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at about 1:40 a.m. local time, the Cantonal Police of Valais said in a statement.

Several people were killed and many others injured after an explosive fire broke out during a New Year’s Eve party at a crowded bar in Crans-Montana, a luxury ski resort in the Swiss Alps. More than 100 people were inside as authorities investigate the cause.

Rast, from the same canton in the Swiss Alps where the New Year's fire killed 40, said, "We race for (the victims) this weekend."

Investigators say they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year's Eve revelers. Forty people were killed and another 119 injured.

Swiss skier Camille Rast ended Mikaela Shiffrin’s six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms Sunday, beating the American star at a race in Slovenia as their duel shapes up nicely for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.