00:00Around 40 people were killed and 115 others injured in a fire during a New Year's Eve party at a bar at the Kranz Montana ski resort in Switzerland.
00:10Survivor accounts and videos suggest the blaze started at around 1.30 am local time after sparkling candles got too close to the basement ceiling.
00:19Authorities say they are treating the tragedy as the result of an accident instead of an attack.
00:24Most of the revelers were young people, including nationals from other countries.
00:28Investigators are working round the clock to identify victims' bodies using dental and DNA samples.
00:34Some of the injured are being treated for serious burns.
00:37Mourners have started paying respects at a makeshift altar on the road leading to the bar which police have cordoned off.
00:43The incident is said to be one of the worst tragedies in Switzerland's recent history.
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