Valais Opens Negligent Homicide Probe Into Managers of Crans-Montana Bar Fire
Authorities continue identifying victims of the New Year’s blaze that killed 40 people, with four Swiss victims now formally named.
Overview
- Prosecutors in the canton of Valais have launched an investigation into two bar managers on suspicion of negligent homicide.
- The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s at Le Constellation in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana.
- The official toll remains 40 dead and 119 injured, with many survivors in serious condition.
- Police have identified four victims—two women aged 21 and 16 and two men aged 18 and 16—and returned their bodies to their families.
- Authorities have confirmed the nationalities of 105 injured people, including 71 Swiss, 14 French, 11 Italian, four Serbian, and one each from Bosnia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, and Portugal.