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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Leicester

Swiss authorities open criminal investigation into ski bar after fire left 40 people dead

Forty people died and more than 100 were injured in the blaze - (AP)

Two people who ran a Swiss bar that burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, killing 40, are under criminal investigation on suspicion of offences including homicide by negligence, prosecutors said on Saturday.

Two days after the fire, in which 119 people suffered injuries including severe burns, officials were still trying to identify many of those killed and attention turned to how one of Switzerland's worst tragedies could have occurred.

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