About 40 people were killed and around 119 others injured in a fire at a New Year’s party in a Swiss ski resort bar, according to police. Follow for live updates.

A night of celebration in the Swiss Alps ended in tragedy after a fire tore through a ski resort bar, killing at least 40 people and injuring dozens more. Ramy Inocencio reports.

A haunting new photo captured the moment lit sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited the ceiling at the Le Constellation nightclub in Switzerland.

Geneva — Around 40 people died and more than 100 were injured in a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year's celebrations, police said on Thursday, as the country struggled to grasp the scale of the tragedy.

Swiss officials say it appears the fire was triggered by sparklers in Champagne bottles that got too close to the ceiling.

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.