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MMelmothTheLost reacted to Parsnip's post in the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026 with
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… Officials called the blaze that raged through the crowded bar an “embrasement généralisé”, a firefighting term describing how a fire... -
MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.In the updated Mail article it quotes a prosecutor who mentions a flashover. That would indeed explain why the whole ceiling caught fire...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to helenff's post in the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026 with Like.
This reminds me of so many other nightclub fires including The Station nightclub fire where pyrotechnics set the ceiling alight, and...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread UK - Three abandoned babies (2017, 2019, 2024) full siblings found in London.Certainly not impossible, but if that is the case, I would expect that degree of inbreeding to be reflected at least as a possibility in...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.From what I can see, this is a two-floor venue. There's the street level bar area which, in the photo in the Mail, has green lighting...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.I did see a comment that although Crans-Montana is a generally up-market resort, this particular bar/club was not and attracted a...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.Another slightly different account of how the fire started: 'Waiter waving a sparkler while dancing on a colleague's shoulders' started...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.There's an interesting list of nightclub fires on Wikipedia. What's interesting to note is that pyrotechnics have only emerged as a...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.As it's not yet clear what caused the fire, this article mentions how widespread the risk is of fires involving pyrotechnics in places...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.I may be misunderstanding this, but it sounds as though revellers stuck lit candles into the necks of empty champagne bottles and then...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Scotland - Ancient jury verdict of "not proven" abolished - 1 Jan 2026.We fought for 33 years to abolish not proven verdict after our daughter's murder Joe and Kate Duffy were devastated and baffled when...
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MMelmothTheLost posted the thread Scotland - Ancient jury verdict of "not proven" abolished - 1 Jan 2026 in Up to the Minute.Scotland's not proven verdict abolished in all new criminal trials from New Year's Day The Scottish Government said the move will help...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.If it does turn out to have been pyrotechnics (presumably inside the bar) it seems astonishing that this type of incident is still...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread UK UK - Claire Halliday, 35, last seen around 4pm in the Fionnphort area of Isle of Mull, Scotland, 7 Jan 2025.I wouldn't rule that out, but nor would I rule out suicide. Claire's seemingly very solitary and aimless lifestyle doesn't strike me as...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 40 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.‘At least ten people killed’ as explosion rips through bar at Swiss ski resort as they celebrate the New Year At least 10 people have...
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