Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 4, 2026 (AFP) - Swiss govt to pay medical costs for Italians hurt in ski resort fire

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The Swiss government agreed Wednesday to cover the medical costs of Italians injured in a New Year blaze at a ski resort bar. Fire tore through Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort as young revellers celebrated the New Year, killing 41 people, and injuring 115 others, many of them teenagers. Six Italians perished and more than a dozen were injured. Italy's ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado decried the "absolutely exor......

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