Crans-Montana Bar Fire: Death Toll Could Rise, Swiss Official Warns

2026-01-02 02:08:21

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The painful task of identifying the victims of the New Year's Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana in southern Switzerland is continuing and will take time, says Mathias Reynard, president of the Valais cantonal government. The death toll remains unchanged - 40 killed and 115 seriously injured - but could rise, according to a Swiss official. This content was published on January 2, 2026 - 11:23 3 minutes Keystone-SDA

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“Our teams are still on the front line,” Reynard told Swiss public radio RTS on Friday morning. But the job of identifying the victims“will still take some time”, he declared, adding that a great deal of care was being taken with the victims.

Many of the 115 people who have been hospitalised have not yet been identified.

“We'll probably need another day to be able to do that,” Stéphane Ganzer, the Valais minister in charge of security, told the French radio station RTL.
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