Fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps leaves people dead during New Year’s celebrations

BERLIN — A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations, police said early Thursday.

Multiple people were killed in the blaze at the bar “Le Constellation” and others were injured, police said.

The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. in the Alpine ski resort municipality of Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Details were not immediately available.