00:00The main takeaway was that they believe the cause was sparklers and quite powerful sparklers
00:08put in champagne glasses and held too close to the roof.
00:12We've seen now some photos and some footage of the sparklers being held close to the roof
00:17and then of the fire when it just started.
00:20Somebody sort of tries to put it out but it quickly takes hold and before too long the
00:25whole bar is engulfed.
00:27It is a basement bar and we understand a lot of people said that they couldn't get out.
00:32Basically they were climbing over each other.
00:34It sounds just horrifying and essentially that is now one of the things that authorities
00:40will be investigating.
00:41It is a major multi-agency investigation not only looking at the cause and authorities
00:47say they aren't ruling anything else out at this stage but they're also looking at whether
00:51compliance issues could have made this tragedy even worse.
00:55It's not only a lack of emergency exits but also whether the cladding on the roof was
01:00legal given how quickly the blaze took hold and also whether the amount of people who were
01:06inside was the permitted amount.
01:08Now we understand that authorities are saying if those rules have been broken there could
01:13be serious consequences.
01:14Yeah some of the vision coming out of that basement bar was really quite shocking
01:20Si and we know that at least 40 people have died.
01:24What can you tell us about the victims?
01:27Well that's still emerging.
01:29So far we've had just a little bit of information trickling out and everything we've heard so
01:34far is that they're also young 16, 18, 19 years old and of course 14 of the victims who've died
01:42haven't been identified yet.
01:44119 were injured, six of those haven't been identified and you heard a little earlier one
01:50of the authorities saying that that's just an unbearable weight for families.
01:53Well we talked to some here earlier today and they were basically saying you know one lady
01:58whose 16 year old son was in the bar and she hasn't been able to find him.
02:04She's just praying that he's in hospital somewhere and this has been such a major demand on the
02:10hospital system here.
02:11Obviously the Swiss health system is one of the richest in the world but it's been brought
02:15to its knees by the severity and the magnitude of this tragedy and so now around 50 of those
02:21patients are going to be transferred to European neighbours where they can be cared for and
02:25we understand many of them are fighting for their lives.
02:29The impact here in the community has been enormous because the permanent population and the seasonal
02:35population here is such that everyone knows each other.
02:39Take a listen to one of the locals who moves here every ski season to what he had to say about
02:44how the community is feeling at the moment.
02:47We know four people that are missing and we're thinking about them.
02:51We're praying for them.
02:52It's something that's very hard for us to swallow.
02:55So we're in contact with the family members and we're really hoping that they're in a hospital
03:00somewhere and they're not injured and hopefully not dead.
03:04It's just an incredible thing for a parent to have to fathom and the community is really
03:09taking this on board.
03:11Emotions are high here.
03:12Not only grief, we've seen a huge outpouring of emotion, people leaving flowers and candles
03:18around the scene.
03:19There's also been a bit of anger.
03:21We spoke to one local who was furious that some holidaymakers were still skiing today.
03:26She was saying, well, if one of them breaks their legs and they get injured, they're going
03:30to have to go to hospital and the system's already overwhelmed.
03:33So emotions, grief, anger, shock.
03:36But people are really getting around each other and supporting each other too.
03:40And authorities have said that there will be a vigil, an event next Friday for the community
03:45to come together and grieve and hopefully by then they'll have a few more answers as
03:50to just how this happened and why it was so bad, Fazia.
03:54Terrible start for the victims, family and the community, no doubt.
03:57Sian Valens there in Kron, Montana.
04:01Thank you very much.
