Dozens presumed dead in New Year’s Eve fire at Swiss ski resort

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00:00In Europe, New Year's celebrations took a horrible and deadly turn in the Swiss Alps,

00:07and the tragedy is still unfolding. An unknown number of people were killed and many others

00:12injured when a fire broke out at a bar where folks were ringing in the new year. The fire

00:17started at about 1.30 a.m. local time in a bar called Leiconstellation in the Alpine Ski Resort.

00:24A police spokesman says there were more than 100 revelers in the bar at the time,

00:28and several dozen people are now presumed dead and dozens more injured. No cause yet. He did not

00:35give a specific number, only saying, quote, we're just at the beginning of our investigation.

00:40This is an internationally renowned ski resort with lots of tourists. The location is about

00:45two hours from the Swiss capital of Bern in a region known as Belay.