New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Valais Canton police commander Frederic Gisler, during a press conference, stated that identifying the bodies of those who died in the fire at a Swiss Alpine bar in Switzerland will take time. About 40 people were killed and 115 others were injured after an explosion rocked a bar in the ski resort ‌of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland.

"We count around 40 people who have died and around 115 injured, most of them seriously," Frederic Gisler, police commander in the Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland, told AFP.

Gisler described the fire as "one of the worst tragedies that Switzerland has experienced" and admitted that this is a "terrible time" for families waiting to hear about their loved ones. ...