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Crans-Montana fire updates: Champagne sparklers suspected, injured treated in Germany
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Investigators in the deadly New Year's Eve fire at Le Constellation bar in Switzerland's Crans-Montana have identified party fountains on champagne bottles as the likely cause, igniting the ceiling. Updates include nationalities of the 119 injured, bar owners' distress, checks on safety compliance, and transfers to German hospitals.
At the latest hearing into Hong Kong's deadly November 2025 Tai Po fire, survivors testified on Monday praising Pak Shui-lin, who knocked on neighbours' doors to warn them during the blaze but died in it. Her husband Sdanni Yip Ka-kui and neighbour Lam Yin-ming said her actions were heroic yet 'a natural one that everyone would do', adding she 'did not deserve to suffer such a fate'.
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Tai Po Baptist Public School in Hong Kong will relocate to a new campus by the end of June following a deadly fire. Principal Siu Ting expressed confidence in the Education Bureau's handover promise. Pupils are expected to begin classes there in September 2026.