US EditionSwiss Alpine Bar Fire Claims 41st Victim, an 18-Year-Old Swiss National
Investigators cite sparklers on champagne bottles igniting flammable ceiling foam; 41 dead and over 115 injured, mostly teenagers, with criminal charges filed against bar owners and officials.
- On Feb 1, Beatrice Pilloud, Wallis canton's public prosecutor, said an 18-year-old Swiss national died at a Zurich hospital on January 31, raising the death toll to 41.
- Investigators believe sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited acoustic insulation foam on the ceiling, and local officials noted no fire safety inspections had occurred since 2019 while probing ceiling material compliance.
- Most of those killed were teenagers aged 14 to 39, with 115 injured, most still in hospitals; among the dead were 23 Swiss, eight French and six Italians.
- The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Valais has opened a criminal investigation into Jacques and Jessica Moretti, who are suspected of negligent homicide, with Jacques Moretti released on bail on January 23.
- On Jan 31, demonstrators in Lutry demanded 'truth and justice' and paused at a church where bells rang for five minutes, as Alexandre Fleury said, `When you go through a tragedy in which 40 people-- 40 children, 40 teens-- have gone and another 100 are in rehabilitation or intensive care, there are obviously questions to be asked`.
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Swiss bar fire death toll rises to 41
Candles burn at a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation bar" almost a month after a deadly fire during a New Year's Eve party that killed 41 people, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters An 18-year-old injured in the New Year bar fire in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana has died, Swiss authorities said, taking the death toll of one of the worst disasters in modern Swiss history to 41.
An 18-year-old Swiss citizen died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a New Year's party fire in Crans-Montana, bringing the death toll to 41 months after the tragedy.
Death toll of Swiss New Year bar blaze rises to 41 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
ZURICH >> An 18-year-old injured in the New Year bar fire in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana has died, Swiss authorities said on Sunday, taking the death toll of one of the worst disasters in modern Swiss history to 41.
Swiss bar fire claims 41st victim as teenager dies in hospital a month on - The Mirror
An 18-year-old died in a Zurich hospital on Saturday, the Swiss public prosecutor said in a statement today - the tragic news brings the grim death toll of the Crans-Montana fire to 41
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