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A BBC Breakfast host has made a heartbreaking announcement about a “fierce” fire which has killed and let more than 100 “severely” injured.

BBC presenters Roger Johnson and Rachel Burden were on hand this morning, Saturday, January 3, to bring viewers the latest news from around the world but unfortuantely, it hasn’t been a good start to 2026.

A “fierce” fire broke out at the bar Le Constellation at a Swiss ski resort in Crans-Montana on New Year’s Day, which was filled with Swiss people and tourists.

The blaze began in the early hours of the morning in the basement with Roger giving an update on what caused the horrific incident.

He shared: “Officials in Switzerland say that they believe a fire at a bar which killed 40 people and injured over 100 more on New Year’s Eve was caused by sparklers in champagne bottles.”

BBC Breakfast host Roger Johnson introduced a segment on the Swiss ski resort fire. (Image: BBC)

BBC Breakfast spoke to teenager Ferninand about the Swiss ski resort fire. (Image: BBC)

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Correspondent Sarah Rainsford who is currently in Switzerland then reported from outside the resort with the BBC also sharing footage of people laying down flowers and lighting candles for the victims.

She sadly commented: “They’re [the officials] still carrying out identification processes and it’s extremely slow work as you say, it could take days, it could take weeks.

“The problem is that the fire in the basement of the bar here was so fierce, the injuries sustained by people inside the bar, the burns were so severe that it is very complicated to identify them.”

Rainsford added: “In the meantime, there are lots of families waiting for answers, hoping that perhaps their relatives aren’t among the dead but could be injured somewhere and still not identified even in hospital, so agonising for them.”

BBC Breakfast correspondent Sarah Rainsford reported on the Swiss ski resort fire. (Image: BBC)

The BBC correspondent then went on to introduce a teenager called Ferdinand who was in the bar at the time of the fire with him explaining the “real terror”.

“I felt all the fire pass over my head. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, I couldn’t breathe”, he said.

“Because the fire was taking all of the air, I clung to a table and managed to pull myself out.”

Wrapping up the news segment, Rainsford commented: “There are still, of course, huge questions about how this fire started exactly, why it spread so quickly and what, if any, fire violations had been committed here.