1 hour ago No safety inspections at site of Swiss bar fire for past five years, mayor says

Nicolas Féraud says he does not know why bar in Crans-Montana had not been inspected annually, as required by lawAuthorities in Crans-Montana have said the bar that caught fire in the Swiss ski resort on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mainly young partygoers and injuring more than 100, had not been inspected by safety officers for the past five years.“Periodic inspections were not conducted between 2020 and 2025. We bitterly regret this,” the mayor of the town, Nicolas Féraud, told a press conference in the town on Tuesday, five days after the disaster at Le Constellation bar. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago All 116 people injured in Swiss resort fire identified, say police

Bodies of first foreign victims repatriated after 40 people died in blaze in Crans-Montana on New Year’s EveAll 116 people injured in the fire that tore through a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mostly young partygoers, have been identified, police have said, as the bodies of the first foreign victims were repatriated.Police in Valais canton said in a statement on Monday they had revised the number of wounded down from 119 because three people admitted to accident and emergency wards on Thursday morning had been wrongly recorded as injured in the blaze. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago British schoolgirl, 15, confirmed as victim of Swiss New Year's Day ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam was one of 40 people killed in the blaze at the Crans-Montana resort's Constellation bar on New Year's Day

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35 h. ago British schoolgirl Charlotte Niddam named as victim of horror New Year's Swiss ski resort fire

Hertfordshire teen Charlotte Niddam was one of the final victims to have her identity confimed by police - Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has called the news 'devastating'

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35 h. ago Former British schoolgirl, 15, confirmed as victim of New Year's Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, 15, was one of 40 people killed and over 100 injured in the blaze at the Crans-Montana resort's Constellation bar while celebrating the start of 2026

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36 h. ago Former British schoolgirl confirmed dead after Swiss ski resort fire

The Valais region police force published a statement on Sunday confirming that all 40 people killed in the fire have now been identified.

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37 h. ago Former pupil, 15, at British school named among victims of deadly Swiss ski resort fire

Former Immanuel College pupil Charlotte Niddam has been confirmed among the 40 people killed in the Crans-Montana blaze.

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38 h. ago Former pupil at British school confirmed as one of the victims of the Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, believed to be 15, was among the last 16 victims to have been identified by police

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45 h. ago Silent procession of 2,000 mourners fills streets in poignant tribute after 40 killed in horror blaze at Swiss ski bar

MORE THAN 2,000 mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort where 40 partygoers were killed in a New Year bar inferno. The poignant procession in the alpine town of Crans-Montana followed an emotional church service in memory of the dead. They filled the Chapel St Christophe and poured onto the streets outside to...

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48 h. ago Silent procession of 2,000 people fill the street for mass in Swiss ski resort after New Year fire which killed 40 people

Many of those walking along the main street towards a makeshift shrine outside Le Constellation bar carried flowers as the gathering snaked its way up the hill to the scene of the tragedy.

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49 h. ago Owner of the Swiss ski bar where 40 people died spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was 'a known pimp'

The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year's Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was a known pimp, it emerged today.

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50 h. ago Disbelief after drinks sparklers that started Swiss ski resort fire that killed 40 were seen STILL being used a day later in wooden bar across the border

Exclusive footage, obtained by the Daily Mail, shows revellers blissfully dancing shoulder-to-shoulder at the five-star Elizabeth Arthotel's popular Schatzi bar, in Ishgl, Austria.

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50 h. ago Swiss girl, 14, is youngest victim of Ski resort fire as 16 more of the 40 victims are identified

Forty people were killed in the inferno in the ski village of Crans-Montana when a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar during New Years celebrations, minutes after the clock struck 12.

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51 h. ago Switzerland fire latest: 16 more victims identified by police – including 14

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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58 h. ago Swiss ski resort fire: Firefighters weep as they honour victims they couldn't save

Firefighters who attended the inferno at Le Constellation, a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on January 1 have paid their respects to the victims they couldn't save

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59 h. ago Emergency exit was 'always locked', bartender claims amid probe into deadly Swiss ski resort inferno

Le Constellation in the Alpine resort was branded a 'deathtrap' after it emerged that partygoers squeezed up a narrow staircase to escape the flames and toxic smoke in the basement.

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59 h. ago Firefighters who braved Swiss ski resort inferno honour victims they couldn't save

Firefighters who braved the inferno at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana were applauded by locals yesterday as they laid a wreath for the victims.

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67 h. ago French manager of Swiss ski bar is seen for the first time since being put under investigation for manslaughter after deadly NYE fire killed 40 people

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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68 h. ago Swiss ski resort bar owners charged with manslaughter as they break cover

Jacques and Jessica Moretti have been charged with manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence, and arson by negligence following the fatal New Year fire at their Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana

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68 h. ago French manager of ski bar seen for the first time since being charged with manslaughter after deadly NYE fire killed 40 people

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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