US EditionDeadly Crans-Montana fire sends chills through Swiss tourism with safety in spotlight
The fire at Le Constellation bar killed 40 and injured over 100, triggering bans on sparkling candles and calls for national safety standard reforms in Swiss hospitality.
- A New Year fire at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana killed 40 people, injured more than 100, and prompted safety reviews, Reuters reported on Jan 29.
- Officials found the bar had gone six years without a safety check, prompting bans on sparkling candles, while Fabien Sauthier said four full-time safety officials struggle to inspect 400 buildings annually.
- Crans-Montana's roughly 100 hotel rooms face cancellations, while chalet and apartment rentals help stabilize stays, according to Bruno Huggler, after the blaze that killed mostly teenagers.
- Le Constellation's owners Jacques Moretti and his wife have been placed under investigation for negligent homicide, while authorities banned sparkling candles and lawmakers proposed calls for harmonised national standards amid cantonal resistance.
- Local hoteliers voiced alarm, with Lionel Dubois saying `We realize this could very well happen right here` amid insurance gaps in four of Switzerland's 26 cantons and tourism worth about $22.17 billion.
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A month after the fire in a bar that killed 40 people and injured 116 people on New Year's Eve, the Swiss resort in Crans-Montana is soberly hosting the last World Cup ski races from Friday before the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Deadly Crans-Montana fire sends chills through Swiss tourism with safety in spotlight
A New Year fire that killed 40 people at a Swiss ski resort bar has shaken a lucrative tourism industry that long had an impeccable reputation and has piled pressure on the country to tighten safety standards.
The World Cup races in Crans-Montana are marked by the fire tragedy. OK boss Didier Defago on the design of the races and his hope for the positive power of sport.
A month after the dramatic New Year's fire, the Valais resort hosts three women's and men's World Cup speed events. Everyone needs to get back to the smile but the weather is not very optimisticWe look at it, we find it even less as the address is more geolocationable, and then suddenly we can only see it. At the top of Central Street, right next to the cinema, the ghostly carcass of the bar The Constellation is smaller than we imagined. The ver…
After the deadly fire in a bar with 40 dead, Crans-Montana faces a difficult Olympic rehearsal: the World Ski Cup is about to take part.
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