Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Feb 1, 2026 (AFP) - Death toll from Swiss New Year bar fire rises to 41

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2026-02-01

A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a Swiss bar during New Year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll to 41, it was announced Sunday. The death on Saturday was announced a month after the inferno at the ski resort of Crans-Montana. Besides those killed, another 115 were injured, most of whom remain in various hospitals. "An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31," the Wallis canton's publ......

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