US EditionTeen Soccer Players Lay to Rest Mate Killed in Swiss Bar Fire
Forty people died in the Crans-Montana bar fire, including seven Lutry Football Club members, as investigations focus on safety lapses and uninspected premises since 2019.
- On Thursday, funerals were held in Lutry, Switzerland, for victims of the New Year fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed 40 people, most teenagers, with hundreds filling every pew under light snowfall.
- Swiss authorities said Le Constellation bar had not had a mandatory inspection since 2019, and Swiss prosecutors are investigating the owners as victims' families filed legal complaints; owners' lawyers did not immediately respond.
- Lutry Football Club said Brodard is one of seven members who died and five others remain hospitalized; the club set up a hotline and ribbons for messages.
- Schools have mobilised mental health counsellors to support students and teachers, shortly after the tragedy parishioners set up a memorial with candles and flowers, and pastor Alain Brouze stressed the importance of youth sharing their affection.
- Twenty-One of the dead were from Switzerland, seven from France, six from Italy, and four from Romania, Turkey, Belgium and Portugal; FC Lutry president Stephane Bise warned `We have a generation here that has been decimated`.
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After fire tragedy, small Swiss town mourns 'decimated generation'
A tiny Swiss village is reeling from the "unimaginable" loss of numerous young people in the New Year inferno at a ski resort bar, including seven players on the same football team.
UPDATE 1-Teen soccer players lay to rest mate killed in Swiss bar fire | Sports-Games
UPDATE 1-Teen soccer players lay to rest mate killed in Swiss bar fire Teammates of a 16-year-old soccer player Arthur Brodard were among the mourners on Thursday as Switzerland held funerals for some of the victims of the New Year bar fire in Crans-Montana that killed 40 people, most of them teenagers. Brodard is one of seven members of Lutry Football Club who died in the fire, the club said. Five others are still fighting for their lives in h…
17-Year-Old Star Athlete Among 40 Fatal Victims From 7 Countries ID'd In New Year’s Eve Fire
The scope of a deadly New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss Alps came into sharper focus as authorities confirmed the identities of all 40 people who died in the inferno.Swiss officials said the victims, who hailed from seven countries, were killed when a blaze tore through the Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort early Thursday, Jan. 1. The fire also left more than 100 people injured, many with severe burns.According to reporting by …
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