A New Year’s party at a Swiss Alpine bar turned into a tragedy after about 40 people died in a fire and another roughly 115 were injured, mostly seriously

About 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured, many gravely, in a fire in a bar at a ski resort town in the Swiss Alps during a New Year’s celebration on Thursday.

One politician likened the ski resort to a 'war zone' as around 100 people were injured, some with serious burns, leaving nearby hospitals at full capacity.