""We are profoundly sorry. We did not have an indication that the checks had not been done," Crans-Montana Mayor Nicolas Feraud told reporters on the absence of fire checks between 2020 and 2025. The mayor added that the sound-proof foam used in the bar Le Constellation was considered acceptable at the time. Prosecutors have said that the fire that spread rapidly in the early hours of January 1 was likely caused by sparkling candles igniting the ceiling of the bar's basement."
"On Monday, Swiss police said they had identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a new year's celebration in a crowded bar. They put the total at 116, with more than two-thirds still in hospitals. But police said on Monday that three people admitted to hospitals on the night of the disaster in Crans-Montana had been linked in error to the blaze at the crowded Le Constellation bar."
A fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day killed 40 people and injured 116. Prosecutors say sparkling candles likely ignited the bar's basement ceiling, and sparklers have been banned inside venues. Mayor Nicolas Feraud apologized and said sound-proof foam used in the bar had been considered acceptable; officials acknowledged no fire checks had been carried out between 2020 and 2025. Police identified the injured by nationality and noted more than two-thirds remained hospitalized; three hospital admissions were later linked in error. Severe burns required DNA samples to identify some victims; the youngest deceased was 14.
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