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Dozens presumed dead and about 100 injured in fire at Swiss Alps bar during New Year’s celebration
A fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and about 100 more injured, most seriously, police said.