Eighteen-year-old Swiss national injured in blaze at Swiss ski resort died on Saturday
A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during new year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll from the blaze to 41.
The Wallis canton’s public prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a brief statement on Sunday: “An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31. The death toll from the fire at Le Constellation bar on January 1 2026 has now risen to 41.”
Pilloud said her office, which is investigating the tragedy, would release no further information at this stage.
Those killed in the disaster were aged 14 to 39, and most were teenagers. Only four were aged over 24. Another 115 people were injured, most of whom remain in various hospitals.
