Investigators have identified the last 16 people who died in the New Year’s Eve bar fire at the Swiss mountain resort of Crans-Montana, police said on Sunday. The youngest person identified so far is a 14-year-old Swiss girl. Ten of the other bodies identified on Sunday were teenagers aged 16 to 18, police said. Police earlier said two Swiss women aged 24 and 22 and two Swiss men aged 21 and 18 had been identified. Authorities said the severity of the victims’ burns had required the use of DNA samples and dental records to help identify the bodies.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2026 20:43 UTC