Officials: Many more injured, death toll could rise. Investigators say they don’t believe the incident was an attack.

An official said the sparklers were attached to bottles of champagne held too close to the ceiling. Forty people died and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were teenagers.

Swiss investigators say they believe sparklers on Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year’s Eve revelers.

Several people were killed in an explosion at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations, media reports said on Thursday.

The blaze killed at least 40 people at a bar in a popular ski town, officials said. Sparklers atop champagne bottles most likely started the fire, and many of the victims were teenagers.

Switzerland - Several people have been killed, and others are injured, following a deadly explosion in a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. A blast at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland marred New Year's Eve, killing several people and injuring many others, according to the BBC.

MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 3 (Reuters) - When a devastating fire broke out in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana at around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, some New Year’s ‌revellers seemed ​unsure at first whether to take it seriously.

The police said the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. after an explosion at a bar in Crans-Montana. The number of deaths and injuries was unknown.