Geneva, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Second Crans-Montana safety official charged in Swiss bar blaze probe

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Prosecutors investigating the New Year bar inferno that killed 40 people in Swiss ski resort town Crans-Montana have opened a criminal investigation against a second local safety official, AFP learned Thursday. The French couple who owned the establishment that went up in flames around early on January 1 were initially the only ones targeted by a criminal probe in the tragedy, which also left 116 people injured -- most of them teenagers. But sinc......

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