Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA further 16 victims have been identified by Swiss police after a deadly ire swept through a New Year's party at a Ski bar,A Swiss girl, 14, is among those identified, with the majority of those being identified under the age of 18.Ten Swiss people have been identified so far, as well as Italian, Romanian, Turkish and French nationals.Authorities have opened an investigation into two managers of the bar in Crans-Montana where the deadly blaze broke out. The two are managers are suspected of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing fire by negligence.Sparkler candles on champagne bottles have been identified as the likely cause of the incident that also injured 119.In fullSwitzerland fire latest: 16 more victims identified by police – including 14-year-old Swiss girlThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Dozens killed and around 100 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

New footage appears to show the moment fire broke out at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s eve celebrations, leaving ‘several dozen’ feared dead. Video taken inside Le…

Karine Spreng, a Crans-Montana resident, said she may know someone who was present when a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort on Thursday.

Crowds had gathered to celebrate the new year when the bar was engulfed in flames

Swiss officials face a challenging task identifying victims of a deadly bar fire that claimed around 40 lives in Crans-Montana.

Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

Investigators warn that with some of the bodies badly burned, the identification process could take weeks.

A survivor who escaped the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations has recalled the moment he saw party-goers trying to flee “in a frenzy”. At…

Investigators on Friday faced the grim task of identifying victims from a devastating blaze that tore through a crowded New Year’s Eve party at the Le...

More than 100 people still in hospital, many severely injured, after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40

Video shows the moment a New Year’s Eve reveller attempted to put out the flames of a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar that has killed at least 47 people. Shortly after…

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland: Families endured an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones Friday as Swiss investigators rushed to identify victims of a ski resort fire at a New…

Families are appealing for information about children as young as 15 who are thought to have been at the bar.

Families face agonising wait as investigators work to identify at least 40 people killed, many others wounded in blaze.

40 people killed and 119 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

Bodies of two Swiss women aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men aged 18 and 16 have been returned to their families.

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland: The first bodies were identified on Saturday after the deadly blaze that killed 40 New Year revellers at a packed bar in the ski resort of…

Prosecutors on Saturday said the two people who ran the bar are now under investigation suspected of crimes including homicide by negligence.

The bodies of 16 more victims of a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have been identified by police.

Swiss investigators identify 24 victims, including minors and foreigners, from a New Year's bar fire in Crans-Montana.