1 week ago 'Distraught' Pope meets Italian relatives of Swiss fire victims and tells them 'God has not abandoned you'

Pope Leo XIV has met the Italian families of the victims of the Swiss bar fire on New Year's Eve, telling them that God has not abandoned them. 

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1 week ago Pope seeks to console families of young Italian victims of New Year's Swiss Alps bar fire

Pope Leo XIV has consoled families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in the Swiss bar fire at a New Year's party

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2 w. ago Nearly all of Swiss fire victims died trapped on basement stairwell narrowed by pimp bar owner – as he appears in court

THE majority of the victims killed in the New Year fire at a Swiss bar burned to death after becoming trapped on a narrow staircase that had been reduced in size by the owners. Horrific new details of the basement inferno were released as one of the bar owners - 49-year-old Jacques Moretti - prepared...

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2 w. ago Funeral held for teen footballer killed in Swiss ski resort fire

Arthur Brodard is one of seven members of Lutry Football Club who died in the fire

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3 w. ago The 40 young revellers killed in Swiss bar inferno: Boxer who died trying to save friend, and the boy caught by a twist of fate... amid claims fire extinguishers were 'kept in a locked room'

The fire, at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, claimed the lives of forty victims; 26 were aged between 14 and 18.

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3 w. ago Former British schoolgirl, 15, is confirmed to be among victims of Swiss bar inferno as all are identified

Police announced on Sunday evening that the teenager, who also had French and Israeli nationality, had been identified.

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3 w. ago Swiss ski resort fire latest as police provide first details on victims

Swiss authorities have identified the first four victims of the Alpine bar fire that killed 40

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3 w. ago Four more Swiss bar fire victims identified as families of missing wait for news

The victims were two women, aged 16 and 21, and two men, aged 16 and 18.

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3 w. ago Four more Swiss bar fire victims identified as families of the missing to give DNA

The four tragic victims were among 40 people killed in the New Year’s Eve nightclub inferno in the tourist ski resort of Crans-Montana, Valais - many families are still waiting for news

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3 w. ago First four victims of Swiss bar fire identified as two women, aged 16 and 21, and two men, aged 16 and 18

The first four victims of a Swiss bar fire have been identified as two women, aged 16 and 21, and two men, aged 16 and 18.

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3 w. ago Director of Swiss hospital describes the rush to treat the injured from Alpine resort bar fire

The hospital that initially took in the majority of injured victims from a fire at a Swiss bar is no stranger to emergencies: In the heart of the Alps, it is used to treating winter sports enthusiasts who have accidents on the slopes

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3 w. ago Teen survivor of Swiss bar blaze ran BACK into flames to save victims but found one so burned he could ‘only see teeth’

A TEEN survivor of the tragic Swiss bar blaze has revealed how he ran back inside to save trapped victims of the massacre that killed 47 people. Student Ferdinand Du Beaudiez, 19, was partying with seven pals - including his brother and girlfriend - inside Le Constellation when it went up in flames in the...

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3 w. ago Italian golfer, 16, named as first victim of tragic Swiss ski resort bar fire

The Italian Golf Federation paid tribute to Emanuele Galeppini as a ‘young athlete who embodied passion and authentic values’

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3 w. ago Golfer, 17, named as first victim of Swiss bar fire as investigators face grim task of identifying bodies of 47 victims

THE first victim of the Swiss bar fire has been named as an an Italian teen golfer. Emanuele Galeppini was one of 47 people who died as a “flashover” inferno erupted at a packed tourist bar in in Crans-Montana, Valais. Experts are using dental and DNA records to try identify the deceased, but the severity...

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3 w. ago Swiss bar fire victims scream in sickening footage as 'trapped' teen smashes windows

The blaze at Le Constellation bar in the popular ski resort area of Crans-Montana has seen new footage shared online as 'trapped' New Year revellers smashed windows to escape

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3 w. ago People were "screaming and screaming" as fire trapped victims in Swiss ski resort bar

Swiss police have said “several tens of people” and about 100 are injured after a deadly blaze and explosion ripped through a bar in an Alpine resort early this morning

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