About 40 people were killed and another 119 injured in the blaze. Loved ones are still searching for people who were inside.

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.

Swiss authorities have begun the grim task of identifying the mostly young victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed around 40 people and injured more than 100 at a ski resort in Crans-Montana.

The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana.

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

A blaze at a New Year’s party in a Swiss ski resort bar has left dozens dead and about 115 injured, officials said.