Mourners pay tribute to Crans-Montana bar fire victims

Hundreds of people gathered near the "Le Constellation" bar in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly blaze on New Year's Eve. The fire left around 40 people dead and 115 seriously injured. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Mourners gathered in silence and left candles and flowers in an impromptu memorial near the bar on Thursday evening. Many people stood motionless, contemplating the scene of New Year's Eve tragedy. Locals and tourists alike knew some of the people who are now missing or seriously injured. Swiss authorities say around 40 people died in the blaze that engulfed the bar and around 115 were injured, most of them seriously. Many were young people. "It's a bar where we get together with all our friends, really, almost every weekend (…) We thought it was just a little fire, but in the end when we got there it was like a war scene. That's the only word I can say, apocalypse. It was terrible," said Mathys, a ...