All 116 people injured in deadly bar fire now identified — Swiss police

Authorities have identified all 116 injured in the Crans-Montana bar fire that killed 40, with 83 victims still hospitalized.

Reuters

5 January 2026 at 15:03:36

All 116 people injured in deadly bar fire now identified — Swiss police

Swiss Federal Councillor Beat Jans, next to Frederic Gisler, Commander of the Valais Cantonal Police, Philippe Duc, Police officer of the Valais Cantonal Police, Mathias Reynard, State Councillor and president of the Council of State of the Canton of Valais, Beatrice Pilloud, Attorney General of the Canton of Valais, Stephane Ganzer, State Councillor of the Canton of Valais, and Eva Wildi-Cortes, director of FEDPOL (Federal Office of Police), inspect the entrance of the site of the fire at the 'Le Constellation' bar and lounge, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, January 3, 2026.

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All 116 people who were injured in the bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 40 people have now been identified, police said on Monday.

Some 83 people are still in hospital after the blaze which broke out early on January 1, police from the canton of Valais said in a statement.

The police gave no names but said Swiss citizens made up the majority of the injured.

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