US EditionDeath Toll From Swiss New Year Bar Fire Rises to 41
Investigations cite lack of safety checks since 2019 and ignition by sparklers; 155 injured remain hospitalized amid ongoing protests for justice.
- The Wallis public prosecutor announced that the 18-year-old Swiss died in Zurich on Saturday, raising the death toll from the Le Constellation bar fire to 41.
- Prosecutors say sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited sound‑insulation foam on the basement ceiling, and local authorities revealed no annual safety check had been carried out since 2019.
- Airlifts moved seriously wounded patients to specialist units in Switzerland and four other countries, with about 155 injured; 37 remain in Swiss care while 44 are treated abroad as of Monday.
- Four people are under criminal investigation, including the bar co-owners, and Jacques Moretti, 49, bar owner, was released on bail earlier this month and remains under investigation.
- Hundreds marched in Lausanne and Lutry demanding `justice and truth`, with Alexandre Fleury, father of a hospitalized child, saying, `there are obviously questions to be asked`.
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A nosocomial infection was reported to have hit four victims in Zurich hospital, including Alexis, the 41st victim who died as a result of the Crans-Montana fire.
An 18-year-old man died in hospital a month after the tragedy in Crans Montana.
A month after the deadly fire that ravaged the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 41 victims are still being treated abroad, including five in Belgium. ...
After the drama of Crans-Montana (Switzerland), which killed 41 people in a discotheque on 1 January 2026, many night institutions decided to train their staff. To avoid a new disaster, days to learn how to react to the fires were set up, as in Pontarlier (Doubs).
The young man was 18 years old: with him, the deaths of the fire go up to 41. He was originally from Lutry, Switzerland.
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