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The blaze at Le Constellation bar, it is being speculated, may have been caused by sparkler-lit champagne bottles. Swiss police have said 'several tens of people' are presumed dead
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Sparklers on champagne bottles blamed in deadly fire
Authorities say it appears that festive sparklers attached to champagne bottles started the fire in a Switzerland bar that killed dozens of young New Year's revelers. The sparklers were likely held too close to the ceiling of the bar,
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ROUEN, France, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A fire swept through a bar in the northern French city of Rouen overnight, killing 13 people and injuring six, after a birthday cake with candles and sparklers fell to the floor and set the carpet ablaze, police said.
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