All 40 people who perished in a New Year’s fire at a Swiss ski resort bar are identified, with half of them under the age of 18.
A heavy pall of grief hung over Crans-Montana, the site of the fire, as more than a thousand mourners walked in silence through the resort to remember those killed and injured in the tragic blaze at the Le Constellation bar.
After days of agonizing uncertainty for loved ones, local police today finish identifying the fire’s 40 fatalities. Their ages ranged from 39 to two who were aged just 14.
Police said the victims included 21 Swiss nationals, nine French nationals, including one Franco-Swiss person, and one triple national of France, Israel and Britain, Charlotte Niddam.
Also among those who died are six Italians, including one Italian-Emirati, one Belgian woman, one Portuguese woman, one Romanian man and one Turkish man.
The bar’s owners are under criminal investigation.
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