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.

Local authorities say fire safety inspections hadn’t been carried out since 2019 at the Swiss bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured.

A fire reportedly ignited by sparklers in Champagne bottles at a resort in Switzerland on New Year's Eve has led to a tougher stance on these fireworks in Massachusetts. Forty people died in the Swiss fire,

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

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.

A couple in their 40s with a rich criminal history, including soliciting prostitution, own the bar in the Swiss Alps where a fire claimed the lives of more than 40 patrons, most of which were teens

Beatrice Pilloud, the prosecutor general of the Valais canton in Switzerland, told the New York Times that evidence suggests that the sparkler-topped bottles were held too close to the ceiling in the basement of the popular bar in the Alps, Le Constellation.

Following the deadly New Year’s Eve tragedy in Switzerland, the Detroit Fire Department wants to emphasize safety in bars and restaurants.