News | WorldOne dead and 21 severely injured after fire rips through Austrian bar during new year celebrationThree people are on the critical list as police launch investigationFiremen are seen in front of a restaurant in GrazAPA/AFP via Getty ImagesJohn Dunne @jhdunne1 January 2024One person has died and 21 people were severely injured when a blaze ripped through a bar in the southeastern Austrian city of Graz in the early hours of the New Year.Austrian police said that the fire broke out around 4am at a bar in the city centre where people were attending a New Year’s party.One person, who has not yet been identified, suffered fatal injuries, state police said in a statement. At least a further three are still in critical condition at a hospital’s intensive care unit.The cause of the fire, which broke out at the entrance of the bar, was not immediately known but investigators were looking into a technical defect.Graz is the second largest city in Austria after Vienna with around 330,000 inhabitants. MORE ABOUTGrazBar