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Everyone injured in Swiss fire disaster now identified

By AFP
January 06, 2026
A sign reading Compassion for the victims and their families, Rest in Peace, You are all our children is placed at a makeshift memorial outside the Le Constellation bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Years Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 3, 2026.—Reuters
A sign reading "Compassion for the victims and their families, Rest in Peace, You are all our children" is placed at a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 3, 2026.—Reuters

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland: Swiss police announced on Monday they had now identified all 116 people wounded in the devastating New Year bar blaze in Crans-Montana, with three-quarters of them still in hospital.

Four days on from the blaze that swept through Le Constellation bar in the Alpine ski resort town, everyone killed and injured has now been identified. A total of 40 people were killed in the tragedy, all of whom had been identified by Sunday. The average age of those killed was 19.