Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire
More than 100 people still in hospital, many severely injured, after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40 Italy’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured. Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatriated on Thursday and three more will follow on Friday, he said. It’s the grief, as if we have all lost a loved one. Continue reading...
Fire killed about 40 people who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the ski resort of Crans-Montana at the town’s Le Constellation bar
Hundreds of mourners gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed in a blaze as they celebrated the new year.
Our picture desk has created this gallery with some of the photographs of those paying tribute:
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