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Dozens of people have died and 100 are injured after a fire at a Swiss resort bar

By Ruth Sherlock,

Scott Detrow

Published January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM CST

Several dozen are believed killed in a fire at a New Year's Eve party in a Swiss ski resort bar.

Ruth Sherlock

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.