A blaze at a packed bar in the Swiss Alps during New Year's Eve celebrations killed about 40 people and injured 115 others, many of them seriously.

No ​safety inspections were ‌carried out since 2019 ​at the Swiss bar that burst ‍into flames at ​New Year, killing ​40 ⁠people, the mayor of the town of Crans-Montana said on Tuesday.

The injured include 68 Swiss citizens, 21 French nationals, 10 Italians, four Serbs, two Poles and one person each from Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Portugal...