From PBS NewsHour.

Hundreds gathered on Sunday to attend a church service and memorial for those killed in a New Year’s Day fire in Switzerland. People packed a local church and formed a procession to the makeshift shrine built for the victims. At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a fire erupted in a bar in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Swiss authorities announced over the weekend that they have opened a criminal investigation into the bar’s managers after a preliminary investigation showed sparklers in champagne bottles likely caused the deadly blaze. Police said Monday that a total of 116 people had been injured, and that two-thirds were still being treated in hospitals.

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