US EditionSwiss police identify all 116 people injured in deadly New Year’s bar fire
Swiss police identified all 116 injured from the New Year's fire at Le Constellation bar; over two-thirds remain hospitalized as investigations continue into fire safety compliance.
- On Monday, Swiss police said they had identified all 116 injured in the Le Constellation bar fire, with more than two-thirds still hospitalized.
- Investigators said sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles likely ignited the ceiling about 1:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, and severe burns required families supplying DNA samples.
- Authorities initially reported 119 injured before police corrected the figure to 116, including 68 Swiss citizens, 21 French nationals, 10 Italians and four dual nationals.
- Authorities announced on Sunday evening they had identified the 40 people who died, the youngest aged 14, and on Monday Italian authorities flew home five victims from Sion.
- Swiss authorities opened a criminal investigation into the two Le Constellation bar managers, suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire, the Valais region's chief prosecutor said.
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The Swiss police announced, on Monday, that it identified all 116 people injured in the devastating fire from the Crans-Montana bar, three of which were still inside the hospital, reports France24.
Doctors warned that Switzerland was poorly prepared for disasters. However, the organisation worked well, at least after the Inferno in Valais.
The arrival of a new year is always a reason for hope and joy. However, that of this 2026 will be marked by the death of 40 people, more than half teenagers, who perished in the fateful fire of the Le Constellation bar, in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, canton of Valais. Joaquim Van Thuyne Daniel, 18 years old and of Catalan mother, was one of them.Keep reading...
More than half of the 40 victims of the fatal New Year's Eve fire in Crans-Montana were 18 years old or younger. Two of them were teenage sisters Alicia and Diana, another 14-year-old Noa. More than 80 people are still being treated in hospitals.
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