# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\
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We have a separate thread for this one:

> [@Several dozen dead in bar fire in Switzerland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-dozen-dead-in-bar-fire-in-switzerland/1026237/6):
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> “Failure of pyrotechnic display equipment” is what I read as being suspected. I guess people didn’t learn from the Great White tragedy. .

Investigation of the cause is in the early stage but what I read:

> Witnesses described a scene of absolute chaos. **Two survivors told French broadcaster BFMTV that the fire appeared to start when a staff member, carried on another’s shoulders, held a lit sparkler or candle in a champagne bottle too close to the low, wooden ceiling.**
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> “In a few dozen seconds, the whole ceiling was on fire,” one witness said. “Everything was made of wood.”
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> As the flames spread, a flashover—a phenomenon where combustible gases ignite simultaneously—triggered at least one explosion. The rapid escalation led to a desperate scramble for the exits.
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> The Basement Trap: Many victims were reportedly in the basement nightclub and faced a narrow staircase and a single exit as the ceiling above them began to collapse.

> **[Fire In Crans Montana's Le Constellation Bar Leaves 'Dozens Dead'](https://www.snowindustrynews.com/articles/fire-in-crans-montanas-le-constellation-bar-leaves-dozens-dead)**
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> Fire In Crans Montana's Le Constellation Bar Leaves 'Dozens Dead'

Latest estimate is 40 dead and 100 injured, but with lung injuries from inhaling toxic gases I think it likely more will die over the next several weeks.

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