Several people have been killed and others injured after an explosion at a luxury ski resort in Switzerland.
The blast occurred at around 1:30am local time in the Constellation Bar in the resort of Crans-Montana as revellers welcomed in the New Year.
Images published by Swiss media showed a building in flames, and emergency services nearby.
Crans-Montana is a luxury ski resort town located in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
It is approximately two hours from the Swiss capital of Bern and is popular with British tourists.
‘There has been an explosion of unknown origin,’ Gaetan Lathion, a police spokesman in Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland said.
‘There are several injured, and several dead.’
‘The intervention is still ongoing,’ they added.
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