Dozens killed in Swiss ski resort fire
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Swiss police say dozens of people have died in a fire at the ski resort of Crans-Montana. They say more than 100 others were injured, many of them seriously. The fire broke out early in the morning in a bar packed with people celebrating the New Year. The cause is still under investigation, but the authorities don't think it was a terror attack. Also: New US travel restrictions have come into force for people from dozens of countries; more than half of them in Africa. New York City has its first Muslim and South Asian mayor as Zoran Mamdani was sworn in at midnight in the historic City Hall subway station, and how one village in China makes 80 per cent of all red lanterns for New Year celebrations.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.8 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday, the 1st of January. |
| 0:16.9 | As many as 40 people have died in a fire during New Year celebrations at a ski resort in Switzerland. |
| 0:23.0 | I thought it was just fireworks like they do on the 31st. But people were screaming a lot. |
| 0:29.2 | There was panic. We went onto the terrace and then we really saw people screaming. |
| 0:34.0 | 100 others were injured in the blaze at a bar in Kram, Montana. |
| 0:37.7 | The authorities say there are casualties from several different countries. |
| 0:41.5 | We have the latest. |
| 0:44.7 | Also in the podcast, a US travel ban on dozens of countries comes into force. |
| 0:50.4 | Protesters take to the streets in Iran and why China is ramping up production of red lanterns. |
| 1:00.4 | But we begin in the Swiss ski resort of Kram, Montana, |
| 1:03.9 | where as many as 40 people are dead after a fire broke out in a bar during New Year celebrations. |
| 1:10.2 | I thought it was just fireworks like they do on the 31st. |
| 1:17.1 | But people were screaming a lot. |
| 1:19.2 | There was panic. |
| 1:20.3 | We went onto the terrace and then we really saw people screaming. |
| 1:26.1 | There was smoke in the elevator. |
| 1:28.4 | With the help of the concierge, I crossed the balcony to the fifth floor |
| 1:32.1 | and went to the Etoual Hotel. |
| 1:34.5 | From there, I got out. |
| 1:37.0 | The blaze started at 1.30 in the morning. |
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