(Photo: AFP)CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Swiss investigators were working on Saturday to identify the last victims and exact cause of the blaze that killed 40 New Year’s revellers at a packed bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana. The tragedy has sent Switzerland reeling, with families of the hundreds of overwhelmingly young partygoers waiting for news of their loved ones. So we should know by now,” she told journalists Friday near the makeshift memorial set up near the burnt-out shell of the Le Constellation bar. Pilloud told reporters Friday that the leading hypothesis was that “sparklers or Bengal candles attached to champagne bottles and lifted too close to the ceiling” had ignited the deadly blaze. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Romania were among the countries taking in the survivors, according to the European Union.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2026 14:26 UTC