All 40 Victims Identified in Crans-Montana New Year’s Bar Fire

Overview

• Cantonal police confirmed 40 deaths and revised the injured count to 116, with 83 people still hospitalized.
• Severely burned patients were transferred to specialized burn centers in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Belgium.
• Preliminary findings point to pyrotechnic sparklers in champagne bottles as the likely ignition source of the blaze that destroyed Le Constellation.
• Prosecutors are investigating the two managers for negligent homicide, negligent bodily injury and negligent arson under Swiss law.
• Investigators are reviewing 2015 basement renovations, the use of acoustic-foam insulation and constrained egress described by witnesses as a single narrow stair.