Young people having fun, unaware of the dangers of anything flaring up indoors. More pics are coming out, lots of flares or sparklers in Champagne bottles are lit, maybe it was a custom in that place to do it, because one couple who got out said waiters were also carrying lit bottles around.
It's an established nightclub, it sounds like some were acting very irresponsibly, the management should have been on top of things like this.
I think fireworks should be banned full stop, never mind in bars. Someone only has to chuck a sparkler and someone could be seriously hurt.
Maybe they should only be sold for public displays.
On the other hand, most people remember little family gatherings when the adult set them off in the back yard or garden...it would be a shame to stop that.
Yes we did that for the kids and grandkids. We made sure all the safety requirements were met, and neighbours were told.
They were happy times, and should still be as long as the fireworks are in the hands of sensible people....unfortunately that's not always the case. Even when I was a kid there were idiots throwing bangers around and people could get burned...nowadays they are worse because they are a lot bigger, louder and far more spectacular.
Also shoving bangers through letter boxes, eejits!
Bloody fools, looking up at the fire 🔥 and enjoying it. Not trying to escape.
I swear many haven't got the brains they were born with!
The station fire. Exactly the same scenario. You'd think there'd be more safety enforced after something this hideous.
Digger said
Jan 2 8:54 PM, 2026
This is how it panned out.
Magica said
Jan 3 1:01 AM, 2026
Digger wrote:
This is how it panned out.
Omg this is horrific. 😞 I can't think of anything worse than being caught in a fire, my worst nightmare.
Syl said
Jan 3 12:38 PM, 2026
Human error is 99% responsible for all tragedies....people just don't learn.
Vam said
Jan 3 1:07 PM, 2026
More than 100 young lives, so tragically lost. Countless young lives horrifically injured, probably for life. Distraught parents/families desperate for news of the fate of their loved ones. It’s beyond tragic and (imo) much of it was preventable, had many more stringent safety protocols been in place.
What did sadden me a lot was seeing kids who, rather than trying to escape that inferno, were instead whipping out their phones to ‘capture the moment’. It was all about trying for an ‘Instagram Viral Shot’ - that’s the world we’re living in these days…
-- Edited by Vam on Saturday 3rd of January 2026 01:11:05 PM
Anonymous said
Jan 4 7:28 AM, 2026
Vam wrote:
More than 100 young lives, so tragically lost. Countless young lives horrifically injured, probably for life. Distraught parents/families desperate for news of the fate of their loved ones. It’s beyond tragic and (imo) much of it was preventable, had many more stringent safety protocols been in place.
What did sadden me a lot was seeing kids who, rather than trying to escape that inferno, were instead whipping out their phones to ‘capture the moment’. It was all about trying for an ‘Instagram Viral Shot’ - that’s the world we’re living in these days…
-- Edited by Vam on Saturday 3rd of January 2026 01:11:05 PM
Booze and possibly drugs probably didn’t help either.
RIP to the poor souls who never made it home that night.
Digger said
Jan 5 10:36 AM, 2026
Anonymous wrote:
Vam wrote:
More than 100 young lives, so tragically lost. Countless young lives horrifically injured, probably for life. Distraught parents/families desperate for news of the fate of their loved ones. It’s beyond tragic and (imo) much of it was preventable, had many more stringent safety protocols been in place.
What did sadden me a lot was seeing kids who, rather than trying to escape that inferno, were instead whipping out their phones to ‘capture the moment’. It was all about trying for an ‘Instagram Viral Shot’ - that’s the world we’re living in these days…
-- Edited by Vam on Saturday 3rd of January 2026 01:11:05 PM
Booze and possibly drugs probably didn’t help either.
RIP to the poor souls who never made it home that night.
There were some very young kids in that bar. 15 and 16 years old lost their lives. Do they have different laws out there or what?
Syl said
Jan 5 11:03 AM, 2026
Apparently the age is 16 for beer and wine, 18 for spirits. The owner is protesting that everything was done according to regulations, I doubt that'll wash in a court of law.
"The owner of the bar in a Swiss ski resort town ravaged by a deadly fire during New Year's Eve celebrations insisted to Swiss media Friday that safety norms had been followed.
Jacques Moretti, a Frenchman who manages the Le Constellation bar with his wife Jessica, told the Tribune de Geneve daily that the establishment had faced "three inspections in 10 years".
"Everything was done according to the regulations," he said.
The lead prosecutor in Switzerland's southwestern Wallis canton Beatrice Pilloud said safety standards at the bar were among the focuses of the ongoing investigation into the tragedy.
She told reporters Friday that the leading hypothesis was that "sparklers or Bengal candles attached to champagne bottles and lifted too close to the ceiling" had ignited the blaze.
The mini-fireworks, stuck in the top of champagne bottles, were being waved near the basement bar's low ceiling, covered in thin soundproofing foam, according to the images posted to social media.
Three inspections in ten years doesn't seem sufficient. You would think at least once a year.
I don't see how having foam soundproofing on wood would pass any inspection. I'm wondering if it was put up since the last inspection, and when that last inspection was. Three in ten years could have been 2015 16, and 17.
They were a very young crowd, but most of us have snuck into places before we were old enough, which is fine providing nothing bad happens. But if it does, then those ages are going to stick out like a sore thumb. I think there were a couple of 14 year olds who died. You would thave thought that ID would be required to get into such places.
I'm not familiar with Swiss law, but I'd be amazed if the bar owners haven't broken several of them and are heading to jail.
Syl said
Jan 5 4:28 PM, 2026
Even if it had been inspected last week, that doesn't excuse management allowing people, according to eye witnesses even people who worked there, waving lit Champagne bottles about close to a wooden ceiling.
It sounds like it was a death trap.
Maddog said
Jan 5 5:37 PM, 2026
Syl wrote:
Even if it had been inspected last week, that doesn't excuse management allowing people, according to eye witnesses even people who worked there, waving lit Champagne bottles about close to a wooden ceiling. It sounds like it was a death trap.
Yeah, there are no inspections for dangerous behavior by the patrons..
I know older buildings here are "grandfathered'. Meaning they could never be built the same way new, but their old configurations are allowed.
There is a basement bar in the Stockyards that is very old, with low ceilings and wood beams.
I would hope no one would ever allow sparklers and such to be used in there.
Maddog said
Jan 5 5:55 PM, 2026
Not to be outdone by sparklers....
At least they were shooting down, into the river bottoms. 🙄
FFS! What is wrong with this generation?
https://x.com/BNODesk/status/2007133216713433503
Also shoving bangers through letter boxes, eejits!
Bloody fools, looking up at the fire 🔥 and enjoying it. Not trying to escape.
I swear many haven't got the brains they were born with!
The station fire. Exactly the same scenario. You'd think there'd be more safety enforced after something this hideous.
This is how it panned out.
Omg this is horrific. 😞 I can't think of anything worse than being caught in a fire, my worst nightmare.
More than 100 young lives, so tragically lost. Countless young lives horrifically injured, probably for life. Distraught parents/families desperate for news of the fate of their loved ones. It’s beyond tragic and (imo) much of it was preventable, had many more stringent safety protocols been in place.
What did sadden me a lot was seeing kids who, rather than trying to escape that inferno, were instead whipping out their phones to ‘capture the moment’. It was all about trying for an ‘Instagram Viral Shot’ - that’s the world we’re living in these days…
-- Edited by Vam on Saturday 3rd of January 2026 01:11:05 PM
Booze and possibly drugs probably didn’t help either.
RIP to the poor souls who never made it home that night.
There were some very young kids in that bar. 15 and 16 years old lost their lives. Do they have different laws out there or what?
Apparently the age is 16 for beer and wine, 18 for spirits.
The owner is protesting that everything was done according to regulations, I doubt that'll wash in a court of law.
"The owner of the bar in a Swiss ski resort town ravaged by a deadly fire during New Year's Eve celebrations insisted to Swiss media Friday that safety norms had been followed.
Jacques Moretti, a Frenchman who manages the Le Constellation bar with his wife Jessica, told the Tribune de Geneve daily that the establishment had faced "three inspections in 10 years".
"Everything was done according to the regulations," he said.
The lead prosecutor in Switzerland's southwestern Wallis canton Beatrice Pilloud said safety standards at the bar were among the focuses of the ongoing investigation into the tragedy.
She told reporters Friday that the leading hypothesis was that "sparklers or Bengal candles attached to champagne bottles and lifted too close to the ceiling" had ignited the blaze.
The mini-fireworks, stuck in the top of champagne bottles, were being waved near the basement bar's low ceiling, covered in thin soundproofing foam, according to the images posted to social media.
Owners Of Swiss Bar Where Fire Killed 40 Break Silence: Can't Eat, Sleep, Swiss Bar Fire, New Year's Eve Celebrations
I don't see how having foam soundproofing on wood would pass any inspection. I'm wondering if it was put up since the last inspection, and when that last inspection was. Three in ten years could have been 2015 16, and 17.
They were a very young crowd, but most of us have snuck into places before we were old enough, which is fine providing nothing bad happens. But if it does, then those ages are going to stick out like a sore thumb. I think there were a couple of 14 year olds who died. You would thave thought that ID would be required to get into such places.
I'm not familiar with Swiss law, but I'd be amazed if the bar owners haven't broken several of them and are heading to jail.
It sounds like it was a death trap.
Yeah, there are no inspections for dangerous behavior by the patrons..
I know older buildings here are "grandfathered'. Meaning they could never be built the same way new, but their old configurations are allowed.
There is a basement bar in the Stockyards that is very old, with low ceilings and wood beams.
I would hope no one would ever allow sparklers and such to be used in there.
At least they were shooting down, into the river bottoms. 🙄
www.facebook.com/share/r/1FkBrKs9fe/
What was the point of that?
Celebrate the new year..🤷
Texan style.
I guess.
Although most sane Texans don't do dumb shit like that.
That's sorta gangster style there.
Which goes to show there are idiots everywhere, thank God the majority of us are sane..well almost.