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One person taken to hospital, 70 evacuated after fire breaks out in Bukit Merah HDB flat

Black smoke was seen emitting from a unit on the 12th floor of Block 103B Depot Road on Jan 24.
Black smoke was seen emitting from a unit on the 12th floor of Block 103B Depot Road on Jan 24.

Shock, anger as bar owner linked to fatal Swiss fire is bailed

(FILES) Owners of Le Constellation bar Jacques Moretti (L) and Jessica Moretti arrive for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, on January 9, 2026. A court in the canton of Valais (south-western Switzerland) ordered on January 23, 2026, the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, co-owner with his wife of the bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort, which was the scene of a deadly fire on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
(FILES) Owners of Le Constellation bar Jacques Moretti (L) and Jessica Moretti arrive for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, on January 9, 2026. A court in the canton of Valais (south-western Switzerland) ordered on January 23, 2026, the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, co-owner with his wife of the bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort, which was the scene of a deadly fire on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Italian ski resort Courmayeur bans indoor sparklers after deadly Swiss fire

"Fountain candle" sparklers are thought to have caused a New Year fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, that killed 40 people.
"Fountain candle" sparklers are thought to have caused a New Year fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, that killed 40 people.

‘Incomprehensible’: Swiss bar fire fatalities not given routine autopsies, say lawyers

Police outside Le Constellation, the bar where a fire swept through New Year celebrations, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Jan. 2.
Police outside Le Constellation, the bar where a fire swept through New Year celebrations, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Jan. 2.

Torque Shop

No risk of fire or explosion in the petrol tank

0226 Yy / 马国一辆拖车上保时捷突然起火 烧毁近八成
0226 Yy / 马国一辆拖车上保时捷突然起火 烧毁近八成

Final death toll from Hong Kong fire put at 168

The names of the deceased will not be released at this stage to respect their grieving families’ wishes, security secretary Chris Tang said.
The names of the deceased will not be released at this stage to respect their grieving families’ wishes, security secretary Chris Tang said.

Online platform launched for Swiss bar inferno evidence

An informal memorial in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, for the 40 people who died in a New Year bar fire.
An informal memorial in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, for the 40 people who died in a New Year bar fire.

Sparklers start fire at Madrid restaurant after Swiss bar blaze

Unlike a New Year bar blaze in Switzerland that killed 40 people, the sparkler fire at  Fanatico in Madrid was extinguished in about eight seconds using fire extinguishers.
Unlike a New Year bar blaze in Switzerland that killed 40 people, the sparkler fire at  Fanatico in Madrid was extinguished in about eight seconds using fire extinguishers.

Crans-Montana fire: Victims’ lawyer seeks expansion of criminal probe

The New Year's blaze killed 40 people, most of them teenagers, and injured 116.
The New Year's blaze killed 40 people, most of them teenagers, and injured 116.

Crans-Montana fire: Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly blaze

Jacques and Jessica Moretti, the couple who ran the Swiss bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana which burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, arrive for questioning at the Public Ministry of the Canton of Valais in Sion in southwestern Switzerland, January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Jacques and Jessica Moretti, the couple who ran the Swiss bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana which burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, arrive for questioning at the Public Ministry of the Canton of Valais in Sion in southwestern Switzerland, January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.