Overview
- Swiss police report 24 of the 40 deceased have been formally identified, including 11 minors and six foreign nationals.
- France confirms one French victim aged 39, counts 23 citizens injured in burn units, and lists eight people still missing.
- Prosecutors have opened a criminal instruction against the bar’s two French managers on suspicion of negligent homicide, injury and fire, with no pretrial detention imposed.
- Investigators are assessing witness accounts of candles on champagne bottles igniting ceiling acoustic foam and are reviewing exit routes, materials and safety compliance.
- Authorities say 35 patients were transferred to five countries under a European plan, 17 now treated in France, as Crans-Montana holds tributes ahead of the January 9 national homage.