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Death toll from Swiss ski resort fire rises to 41; 18-year-old dies in hospital

2026-02-01 19:18:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Death toll from Swiss ski resort fire rises to 41; 18-year-old dies in hospital

A teenager who was injured in a fire that broke out at a Swiss ski resort on New Year's Eve has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 41.

"An 18-year-old Swiss citizen died in a hospital in Zurich on January 31 ," the public prosecutor of the canton of Wallis, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a statement.

The fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana left 116 people injured, some of them young people under 16, who are still being treated in hospital for severe burns.

The Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection said that as of Monday, 44 patients were receiving treatment abroad. 18 of them in France, 12 in Italy, eight in Germany and six in Belgium.

Initial findings from the investigation indicate that the fire was started by fireworks attached to champagne bottles. Authorities have admitted that the bar had not undergone safety checks for five years.

The bar's owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, have been charged by authorities with manslaughter, negligent bodily harm and arson. Criminal proceedings have also been brought against the municipality's head of public safety and a former council fire safety inspector.

A Swiss court has imposed a travel ban on Jessica Moretti as an alternative to detention. She has been ordered to surrender her passport and report to police every day. Meanwhile, Jacques Moretti will be held in custody for an initial period of 90 days. /CNA





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