Overview
- Italian cities including Milan, Rome, Bologna and Lugano hosted services for five of the six Italian victims, as schools nationwide observed a minute of silence.
- Hospitals report multiple injured Italians still in critical condition at Milan’s Niguarda burn center, with additional transfers from Switzerland proceeding as patients stabilize.
- Investigators are examining possible safety failures at Le Constellation, including a last reported inspection in 2020, obstructed emergency exits, flammable materials and questions about fire‑suppression systems, as church and civic leaders call for accountability.
- The family of 16‑year‑old Emanuele Galeppini says his body showed no burns and personal items were intact, and their lawyer reports unanswered requests to Swiss authorities for an autopsy with a possible filing to Rome prosecutors under consideration.
- An official remembrance in Crans‑Montana is scheduled for Friday, with reported attendance by France’s Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s Sergio Mattarella, as the death toll from the New Year’s Eve blaze stands at 40.