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Swiss Alpine Bar Fire Claims 41st Victim, an 18-Year-Old Swiss National
Swiss prosecutors investigate negligence after a fire at Crans-Montana bar killed 41, mostly teenagers, and injured over 115, with no fire safety checks since 2019.
- On Feb 1, Beatrice Pilloud, Wallis canton's public prosecutor, said an 18-year-old Swiss national died at a Zurich hospital on January 31, raising the death toll to 41.
- Investigators believe sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited acoustic insulation foam on the ceiling, and local officials noted no fire safety inspections had occurred since 2019 while probing ceiling material compliance.
- Most of those killed were teenagers aged 14 to 39, with 115 injured, most still in hospitals; among the dead were 23 Swiss, eight French and six Italians.
- The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Valais has opened a criminal investigation into Jacques and Jessica Moretti, who are suspected of negligent homicide, with Jacques Moretti released on bail on January 23.
- On Jan 31, demonstrators in Lutry demanded 'truth and justice' and paused at a church where bells rang for five minutes, as Alexandre Fleury said, `When you go through a tragedy in which 40 people-- 40 children, 40 teens-- have gone and another 100 are in rehabilitation or intensive care, there are obviously questions to be asked`.
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Swiss bar fire claims 41st victim as teenager dies in hospital a month on - The Mirror
An 18-year-old died in a Zurich hospital on Saturday, the Swiss public prosecutor said in a statement today - the tragic news brings the grim death toll of the Crans-Montana fire to 41
·London, United Kingdom
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The flame hell in the bar "Le Constellation" has claimed another victim. One month after the devastating fire, another young man died of his severe injuries.
·Berlin, Germany
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A month after the fire in a bar in the Swiss station, which caused 40 deaths and 116 injuries, an ecumenical vigil was held this Sunday at the ...
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Laminute.infoThe owners of the Le Constellation bar must again be heard by the courts at the beginning of February, as must two officials of the commune.
·Paris, France
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Leaning Left41Leaning Right20Center37Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
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C 38%
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