Overview
- Authorities say identification will take days, with a crisis center and hotline for families and federal flags lowered for five days.
- Prosecutors have ruled out an attack, stating the observed deflagration followed the blaze that erupted around 1:30 a.m. local time.
- Witness accounts and early media reporting point to bottle sparklers igniting ceiling material, which investigators are examining.
- Roughly 115 people were wounded as hospitals activated disaster plans and transferred patients to Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich and to facilities in France and Italy.
- Consular updates report nine French and about fifteen Italians among the injured, with several nationals still unlocated as international assistance continues.